Media releases
27 May 2020
New data shows solar and wind power production in NSW grew 39% last year, powering 400,000 more homes than in 2018.
Climate and energy
22 May 2020
The Nature Conservation Council welcomes the NSW Government's $46 million subsidy for restoring timber plantations after the bushfires but cautioned that forestry’s impacts on the state’s declining koala populations can’t be ignored.
Forests and wildlife
14 May 2020
Conservation groups and the Gumbaynggirr traditional custodians have called on the government to order the Forestry Corporation to not log Nambucca State Forest, one of the last areas of unburnt forests on the state's north coast.
12 May 2020
National Party plans to build new dams and expand others will enrich irrigators, degrade river ecosystems and will not protect communities from climate change and drought unless the government changes water sharing plans to reflect our drying climate, environment groups have warned.
Rivers and wetlands
11 May, 2020
"The conservation movement is in mourning today following the passing of Jack Mundey, unionist, environmental pioneer and architect of the world’s first Green Bans," said Nature Conservation Council CEO Chris Gambian.
10 May 2020
The company that supplies a third of the coal burned in NSW has under-estimated by up to 97% the carbon emissions associated with its mines, research by the Nature Conservation Council has found.
Planning and DevelopmentClimate and energy
5 May 2020
The Nature Conservation Council welcomes Westpac’s commitment to stop funding thermal coal mines and power stations by 2030 and urges the federal governments to match the bank’s level of ambition.
May 1, 2020
The NSW Forestry Corporation’s determination to supply the same volume of timber after the devastating bushfires will see logging intensity increase six-fold in forests on the South Coast and double on the North Coast.
Forests and wildlife
17 April, 2020
NSW conservation groups welcome Mick Keelty’s report on water sharing and Federal Water Minister Keith Pitt’s commitment to implement all its recommendations.
Rivers and wetlands