Media releases
20 August 2018
Premier Glady Berejiklian’s plan to spend $72 million on energy efficiency for homes, businesses and councils is welcome, but it only serves to highlight her lack of a bold vision to reach her government’s target of zero net emissions by 2050.
Climate and energy
16 August 2018
Conservation groups have welcomed the NSW Government’s plan to create a marine park to protect the coast, beaches, headlands and marine life of the Sydney region.
Marine Conservation
15 August 2018
Saving koalas, massively expanding clean energy, ending deforestation, and creating a marine park for Sydney are the top five policy commitments the conservation movement is seeking from candidates and political parties in the lead-up the March 2019 state election.
NSW Parliament
4 August 2018
The annual rate of land-clearing soared 800% in the three years before the Berejiklian government downgraded environmental protections further and made it easier for clearing to occur, new data shows.
Forests and wildlife
17 July 2018
Australia still lacks a credible plan to deliver a safe climate and affordable electricity because the Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) Integrated System Plan, released today, fails to address climate pollution.
Climate and energy
10 July 2018
The Nature Conservation Council has renewed calls for the release of up-to-date land clearing data so the public can see the extent of deforestation occurring under the Berejiklian government’s new land clearing laws.
Forests and wildlife
27 June 2018
The NSW Nature Conservation Council has initiated fresh legal proceedings to overturn environmentally harmful land-clearing codes introduced by the NSW Government in March this year.
Forests and wildlifeNSW Parliament
19 June 2018
“The NSW Budget contains no money for reducing climate pollution but $102 million for dealing with the disasters that climate change is causing, like floods and storms,” Nature Conservation Council CEO Kate Smolski said.
Climate and energyNSW Parliament