Media releases
18 March 2019
The NSW Coalition’s commitment to change strata rules to make rooftop solar installations easier is welcome but a characteristically weak response to the scale of the challenge of transform the economy from coal to clean energy and slashing our climate pollution.
Climate and energy
15 March 2019
Premier Gladys Berejiklian must explain to the people of NSW and the thousands of children who today will be striking for climate action why she scraped a climate change plan for NSW.
Climate and energy
13 March 2019
The Nature Conservation Council calls on the NSW Government to start listening to its own experts and develop a climate change plan that includes measures to accelerate the energy sector’s transition from coal to renewables.
Climate and energyNSW Parliament
11 March 2019
Has NSW Nationals Leader and Monaro MP John Barilaro become a convert of renewable energy in the final weeks of the state election campaign after spruiking the virtues of coal and nuclear power for years?
Climate and energy
11 March 2019
The NSW Greens have laid out a comprehensive plan to reverse the declines in species and ecosystems that has accelerated over the past eight years.
Forests and wildlifeRivers and wetlands
7 March 2019
The Nature Conservation Council calls on all parties to use state planning powers to block two 1000MW coal-fired power stations proposed for former Hunter Economic Zone near Kurri Kurri.
Climate and energy
1 March 2019
Destruction of koala habitat has nearly doubled across three regions of NSW since the axing of the state’s Native Vegetation Act in August 2017, a new report has shown.
Forests and wildlife
28 February, 2019
Annual climate pollution from the state’s five coal-fired power stations has eclipsed 50 million tonnes for the first time since 2012-13, according to National Greenhouse data released today.
Climate and energy
28 February 2019
The Nature Conservation Council welcomes Labor’s commitment to tackle climate change and calls on the Berejiklian government to join the race to power NSW with clean energy.
Climate and energy