Media releases
12 November 2018
The NSW Transmission Infrastructure Strategy unveiled today by NSW Energy Minister Don Harwin is a welcome commitment to enabling a more rapid development of the state’s renewable energy potential.
Climate and energy
31 October 2018
The scrapping by the NSW government of the Cranky Dam proposal in the state’s central west is a victory for community environmental campaigning and for common sense.
Forests and wildlifeRivers and wetlands
31 October 2018
The NSW Government’s $55 million Emerging Energy Program is a tentative first step towards transitioning the state’s economy to clean energy but it lacks ambition and still lags other states, according to the Nature Conservation Council.
Climate and energy
30 October 2018
Environment groups and unions are stepping in to provide the leadership on climate change and energy sector transition that state and federal Coalition government are failing to provide.
Air pollutionClimate and energy
30 October 2018
What parties and independents offer in terms of climate policy may determine who wins the marginal seat of Monaro at the March state election, new polling shows.
Climate and energy
29 October 2018
The best environmental campaigners and campaigns in the state have been recognised at the 2018 NSW Environment Awards in Sydney.
24 October 2018
The Berejiklian government has squandered a once on a lifetime opportunity to make a massive investment in renewable energy by diverting funds from the sale of Snowy Hydro to an array of other infrastructure projects.
Climate and energy
22 October 2018
Gladys Berejiklian must act swiftly to defeat a private members bill to downgrade the 41,000-hectare Murray Valley National Park (aka River Red Gums National Park) to a state forest and open it for logging when it is tabled in parliament.
Forests and wildlifeRivers and wetlands
18 October 2018
Revelations the Berejiklian government dumped plans to add 75,00 hectares to the national parks estate show once again her willingness to give in to National Party demands.
Forests and wildlife