Media releases
13 February 2020
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
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
The Federal Government must rule out spending $300 million on extending the life of Liddell power station for just three years.
31 January 2020
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
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
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
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
The Nature Conservation Council applauds NSW Environment Matt Kean’s public comments acknowledging the obvious link between the bushfire crisis and climate change.
Air pollutionClimate and energy
4 December 2019
Premier Gladys Berejiklian should reaffirm her government’s commitment to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in light of comments by Nationals ministers in her government that NSW may walk away.
Rivers and wetlands