Media releases
5 April 2018
The NSW Nature Conservation Council calls on AGL to stick to its guns and close Liddell Power Station by 2022 as planned, and not cave in to pressure from the Federal Government.
Air pollutionClimate and energy
23 March 2018
The Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) concerns about the closure of Liddell Power Station illustrates the NSW Government’s failure to plan for an orderly transition to a reliable, clean energy future. [1]
Climate and energy
22 March 2018
The Berejiklian Government is letting slip a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make NSW the renewable energy powerhouse of the Australia.
Climate and energy
10 March 2018
The NSW Nature Conservation condemns the NSW Government’s reintroduction of land-clearing laws that the Land and Environment Court ruled invalid last Friday.
Forests and wildlife
9 March 2018
The Land and Environment Court today ruled the NSW Government’s land-clearing laws invalid because they were made unlawfully.
Forests and wildlife
4 March 2018
A document obtained under freedom of information laws shows the Berejiklian government knew its new land clearing laws would cause extensive harm to wildlife habitat but pressed ahead with the changes anyway.
Forests and wildlife
2 March, 2018
The $4.15 billion sale of NSW’s share of Snowy Hydro gives the Berejiklian government a unique opportunity to unlock the $25 billion clean energy potential of regional NSW.
Climate and energy
March 1, 2018
The decarbonization of the NSW electricity system has stalled with CO2 emissions from NSW power stations stuck on 49 million tonnes this year, today’s National Greenhouse data show.
Air pollutionClimate and energyCoal and gas
28 February 2018
The Nature Conservation Council is calling on the Berejiklian government to conduct a public inquiry into the health impacts of coal-fired power stations following a recent US study that linked emissions to premature births.
Air pollutionClimate and energyCoal and gas