Media releases

14 Feb 2020

Handouts for Vales Point coal baron are perverse

The Federal Government must withdraw its $11 million grant offer to help coal baron Trevor St Baker upgrade his Vales Point power station and use the money to support clean energy and storage.

Air pollution Climate and energy Coal and gas

13 February 2020

Support required for the timber industry and nature

Any government-funded recovery package for the logging industry must include a short-term moratorium on native forest logging and a timeline for transitioning the industry to source 100% of its timber from sustainably managed plantations. [1]

Forests and wildlife

12 February 2020

NSW Government opens the floodgates for irrigators to profit

Conservation groups are outraged at the NSW Government’s decision to allow big irrigators to take millions of litres of flood water from the Barwon-Darling river system.

Rivers and wetlands

11 February 2020

Leaked report should be the nail in the coffin for Liddell power station

The Federal Government must rule out spending $300 million on extending the life of Liddell power station for just three years.

31 January 2020

Meaningful action to drive down emissions welcome, says peak environment group

Early reports of a commitment by the NSW and federal governments to spend $2 billion on infrastructure to integrate new clean energy projects into the national grid is a welcome development.

20 December 2019

Tinkering with the koala SEPP will not save the species

Changes to the NSW koala planning policy announced today improve a relatively ineffectual planning instrument, but they fall well short of what is required to protect the species, according to the Nature Conservation Council.

Forests and wildlife

18 December 2019

Logging of native forests should stop until bushfire damage is assessed

An alliance of 13 conservation organisations is calling for an immediate moratorium on logging of native forests in NSW until the impacts of the catastrophic bushfires on species and habitat are understood.

Forests and wildlife

12 December 2019

Interim pollution target welcome but more is required for real climate action

The NSW Government’s target of reducing the state’s carbon pollution by 35% on 2005 levels by 2030 is a step in the right direction but needs to be more ambitious to get the state to becoming carbon neutral by 2050.

Climate and energy

11 December 2019

Minister Kean names the elephant on climate and bushfires

The Nature Conservation Council applauds NSW Environment Matt Kean’s public comments acknowledging the obvious link between the bushfire crisis and climate change.

Air pollution Climate and energy

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Media releases

Handouts for Vales Point coal baron are perverse

Support required for the timber industry and nature

NSW Government opens the floodgates for irrigators to profit

Leaked report should be the nail in the coffin for Liddell power station

Meaningful action to drive down emissions welcome, says peak environment group

Tinkering with the koala SEPP will not save the species

Logging of native forests should stop until bushfire damage is assessed

Interim pollution target welcome but more is required for real climate action

Minister Kean names the elephant on climate and bushfires

Media inquiries: Communications Manager James Tremain | 0419 272 254 | jtremain@nature.org.au

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