Media releases
22 June, 2017
Labor's solar power and energy storage pledges today raise the bar for Premier Gladys Berejiklian and the NSW Coalition, according to the NSW Nature Conservation Council and Australia Conservation Council.
Climate and energy
20 June, 2017
A large community rally will be held outside Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s electorate office tomorrow to demand changes to draft laws allowing developers to remove trees and bushland in exchange for cash payments.
Forests and wildlife
19 June, 2017
Today’s budget demonstrates Gladys Berejiklian’s election as Premier has done little to end the Coalition government’s short-sighted obsession with infrastructure at the expense of the environment.
Forests and wildlifeClimate and energyNSW Parliament
19 June, 2017
The Nature Conservation Council has warned koalas are on a path to extinction in NSW unless the Berejiklian government tightens environment controls on tree-clearing and ends logging of the species habitat.
Forests and wildlifeClimate and energy
14 June, 2017
The Nature Conservation Council has vowed to fight any moves to bulldoze bushland in the Royal National Park for the F6 Extension between Sydney and the Illawarra.
Forests and wildlife
9 June, 2017
Recommendations of the Finkel Review, as reported in today’s media, fail to address the urgent need to rapidly reduce the nation’s climate pollution, according to the Nature Conservation Council.
Climate and energyCoal and gas
6 June, 2017
The Berejiklian government’s plans to expand gas exploration in NSW would threatened water and land resources in new parts of the state without addressing the urgent need to transition to clean energy, according to the Nature Conservation Council.
Climate and energyCoal and gas
26 May, 2017
The head of a global investment giant BlackRock has declared the coal industry is dead and smart money is now investing in renewables.
Air pollutionClimate and energy