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Renewable energy boom must deliver for people, nature, and regional communities

March 20, 2025

MEDIA RELEASE 20th March 2025 Community leaders from the Hunter and New England Renewable Energy Zones have travelled to NSW Parliament House to urge politicians from all parties to get behind the renewable energy transition and to ensure it benefits both communities and nature....

NCC calls for urgent reform after more mass fish kills hit NSW’s North Coast

March 18, 2025

18th March 2025 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has called for vital state government reform in response to ongoing mass fish deaths on the NSW North Coast. The unnatural frequency of fish kill events...

Minns Government must act to fix our rivers

February 24, 2025

MEDIA RELEASE24th February 2025 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has welcomed the review of the water rules for Menindee Lakes and the Lower Darling/Baaka River by the Natural Resources Commission. The review of the Water...

World Heritage values threatened by delays to the Great Koala National Park

February 13, 2025

MEDIA RELEASE11th February 2025 A new report from environmental groups has found the Great Koala National Park would be eligible for World Heritage status, but says those values are under threat every day logging continues. The Nature Conservation Council NSW (NCC), Bellingen Environment Centre...

Plan to dump millions more litres of dirty water revealed, peak environment body calls for independent inquiry into Centennial

February 07, 2025

MEDIA RELEASE 7 February 2025 Nature Conservation Council of NSW (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today called for an independent inquiry into Centennial Coal’s mining operations in the Blue Mountains. This comes after the company recently applied to dump polluted water into...

The Centennial Coal plan to dump millions of litres of toxic wastewater into Sydney’s water catchment every day

January 31, 2025

MEDIA RELEASE 31 January 2025 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental organisation, is calling on the State government to reject Centennial Coal’s proposal to dump millions of litres of toxic wastewater into Sydney’s drinking water catchment. The proposal...

Unreliable NSW coal power stations need urgent replacement

January 30, 2025

MEDIA RELEASE 30 January 2025 Today’s Quarterly Energy Dynamics report shows the urgency of replacing NSW’s four coal fired power stations, says Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental organisation. “Today’s energy market data shows that the coal power stations are...

Media Alert: Fulfill your promise Chris Minns: Protect the great koala national park forests now!

January 10, 2025

What: Rallies at Coffs Harbour and Pennant Hills Sydney outside the offices of the Forestry Corporation. When: Monday, 13th January, 10am Where: Coffs Harbour, cnr of Park and Gordon Sts Sydney: Cnr Castle Hill Rd and Cumberland Forest Way, West Pennant Hills Why: Creating...

Calls for River Connectivity Rules as Fish Kill Fears Grow

December 19, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE19th December 2024 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, is calling on the NSW Government to urgently implement reforms that would return critical water flows to the ailing Darling/Baaka River. Indications are that...

Peak environment group welcomes progress on Hunter Renewable Energy Zone

December 18, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE18 December 2024 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s peak environmental organisation, has today welcomed the NSW Government’s appointment of Ausgrid as the preferred network operator for the Hunter-Central Coast Renewable Energy Zone (REZ). Statements attributable to NCC...