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Member Group Spotlight: Tree Veneration Society
August 30, 2023
When was your group formed and why? The Tree Veneration Society (TVS) was formed in 2010 in response the founder, Louise Fowler-Smith’s growing concern for Native and Old Growth Forests and the importance of Trees to Climate Change. Louise had witnessed the protection of...
Read MoreWendy Bowman Passing
August 28, 2023
Ms Bowman, 89, a co-founder of Hunter Minewatch, was at the forefront of the community fight against the environmental and health impacts caused by the rampant expansion of the coal industry for more than three decades. A mother of three and grandmother of six,...
Read MoreMember Group Spotlight: Coal-ash Community Alliance Inc.
July 26, 2023
When was your group formed and why? The Coal-ash Community Alliance Inc. was formed early in 2019, following a public meeting in Wangi Wangi, where the Hunter Community Environment Centre presented their research about poisonous elements leaching from the coal-ash dams of Eraring and...
Read MoreHealthy Ecosystems Programs June Update
June 28, 2023
Hot spots and Large Forest Owls Projects Threatened Large Forest Owls NCC has been involved in two NSW Environment Trust funded projects specifically for the benefit of the threatened Large Forest Owls (Barking, Masked and Powerful Owl) on the North Coast of NSW...
Read MoreMember Group Spotlight: Lithgow Environment Group
June 28, 2023
LEG nature walks: Streamwatch Birth of Coxs River Lithgow Environmental Group (LEG) was formed in 2005, and has been a member group with NCC since 2011. I had the pleasure of speaking with Julie Favell, Project Officer of LEG which now has 60 members....
Read MoreNSW election 2023 scorecards
March 17, 2023
Which candidates will protect nature and act on climate? NCC and the Total Environment Centre conducted an independent assessment of candidates' and parties' policies, so see the scorecard for your electorate below to find out. Statewide | Coffs Harbour | Heathcote | Lane Cove | Manly | North Shore | Pittwater | Sydney | Vaucluse | Wakehurst | Willoughby...
Read MoreStop McPhillamy’s gold mine's toxic tailings
December 02, 2022
The Independent Planning Commission is taking submissions to the McPhillamy's mine proposal until Wednesday February 15. Watch the video below to learn more about this gold mine proposal:
Read MoreA history of the Gardens of Stone campaign
August 17, 2021
A History of the campaign to protect the Gardens of Stone When Centennial Coal cancelled its Angus Place coal mine application this week, five threatened wetlands in the Gardens of Stone were saved and 123 million tonnes of coal was kept safely in the ground. That's equivalent...
Read MoreMenindee Lakes: site of massive fish-kill still being mismanaged
June 18, 2021
By Jane MacAllister, Water Campaigner, Nature Conservation Council of NSW Almost 35 years ago, the Menindee Lakes in far western NSW was the scene of one of the most extraordinary wildlife spectacles of modern times. Flooding rains at the top of the Darling-Baaka River catchment filled...
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