The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has condemned the federal approval of the Yeelirrie uranium project as secretive and driven by politics rather than due process. Environment Minister Melissa Price, the member for Durack, signed off on the contested mine proposal the day before the federal election was called.

Conservation groups have renewed calls for the State Government to take urgent action against WA’s biggest polluter, following revelations that Chevron’s ongoing failure to meet pollution control conditions at its Barrow Island LNG project is leading to workers and wildlife being exposed to toxic airborne emissions, including BTEX and mercury.

Conservation groups have reacted with dismay and anger to the news that the McGowan Government has signed a new 20-year logging deal with the Morrison Government on the eve of an election, in a move they say is designed to prevent a scientific inquiry under a Federal Labor government. The groups are calling for the agreement to be revoked.

The state’s peak environment group has welcomed Lands Minister Ben Wyatt’s announcement that Crown Land will not be sold to the City of Melville to make way for a wave park, and has urged the WA Government to work with the developers to find a more suitable location and to remove the uncertainty hanging over the community.

New data released by the State and Commonwealth Governments points to a major spike in carbon pollution from liquified natural gas (LNG) production in Western Australia, making WA LNG the primary driver of national pollution increases and preventing Australia meeting targets under the Paris Agreement, according to the Conservation Council of WA (CCWA).

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Western Australia’s peak environment group has congratulated the McGowan Government and Environment Minister Stephen Dawson on the passage of legislation to establish a 10c recycling refund scheme for Western Australia, but warned that control of the scheme should not be handed over to the beverage industry, whose commercial interests do not align with maximising recycling rates and convenience for consumers.

Western Australia’s peak environment group has said the community overwhelmingly supports action to control WA’s biggest polluters, and that it would continue to press for policies that would prevent new fossil fuel developments in WA as part of a further consultation on the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)’s climate policy.

As the Premier prepares to meet with liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry representatives, Western Australia’s peak environment group has hit back at claims from the fossil fuel and mining industry that the new Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) policy on climate change would harm jobs and investment, labelling them a cynical attempt to preserve corporate profits at the expense of Western Australians and the environment.

The WA Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)'s updated policy on climate change has the potential to be a major employment driver, and deliver a huge environmental and economic opportunity for Western Australians. It will also make a necessary and pragmatic contribution towards preventing dangerous climate change. But as a response, major oil and gas players have attacked the EPA with outrage in the media and full page advertisements in the state’s only daily broadsheet, which itself has links to the oil and gas industry. The hysterical response is a blatant mix of hypocrisy and hyperbole.