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75 hectares of habitat lost each day in NSW
June 30, 2022
Latest land clearing data shows 75 hectares of wildlife habitat is bulldozed or logged every day in NSW, almost twice the average annual rate recorded before the Coalition overhauled nature laws in 2016. [1] The annual Statewide Land and Tree Study (SLATS) data shows...
Read MoreEPA pings Forestry Corp a third time in six days for allegedly breaking environmental laws
June 23, 2022
Forestry Corporation has been prosecuted and fined three times in the past six days for alleged illegal logging operations in koala habitat and fire-affected forests. Today, the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) announced it had fined Forestry Corp $15,000 (the maximum penalty) for failing to...
Read MorePrecious Callala Bay wildlife habitat must be protected
June 21, 2022
Threatened species including greater gliders, eastern pygmy possums and powerful owls will all lose vital habitat if the NSW Government allows a property developer to destroy 40 hectares of mature coastal forest at Callala Bay. [1] “The bushland around Callala Bay and Lake Wollumboola...
Read MoreBudget fails to tackle key threat to biodiversity — habitat destruction
June 21, 2022
In response to spending in the environment portfolio announced in today's state budget, Nature Conservation Council Chief Executive Chris Gambian said: “We welcome new funding in the budget for national parks and private land conservation — farmers should be supported to do the right...
Read MoreForestry Corp pinged for logging environmentally significant forests after the Black Summer bushfires
June 20, 2022
Just days after being fined $135,000 for destroying koala habitat on the mid-north coast, Forestry Corporation now faces charges it illegally logged a Category 1 Environmentally Significant Area in the Yambulla State Forest after the Black Summer Bushfires. [1] “While the charges are yet to...
Read MoreFines will never replace critical koala habitat destroyed by Forestry Corporation
June 16, 2022
Today’s $135,600 fine for destroying koala habitat is more evidence Forestry Corporation is a rogue entity unfit in its current state to manage a resource as important as the state’s public native forests. [1] Forestry Corp was also ordered to pay $150,000 of the...
Read MoreDeveloping Santos’s Narrabri gas field will accelerate climate change, poison aquifers, and destroy wildlife habitat
June 15, 2022
Opening Narrabri gas field will not ease the short-term energy shortage but it will cause lasting environmental harm to the climate, water supplies and wildlife habitat. [1] “Minister Madeleine King’s suggestions to fast track the Narrabri gas field will do nothing to solve the...
Read MoreDendrobium mine expansion plan still poses unacceptable risks to drinking water and climate
June 14, 2022
The Nature Conservation Council has urged the NSW Planning Department to reject the expansion of Dendrobium coal mine in Sydney’s drinking water catchment. [See submission attached.] South32’s previous application to expand the mine was rejected by the Independent Planning Commission in 2021 because of...
Read MoreASIC escalates investigation into Sweetman Renewables
June 14, 2022
ASIC has escalated the Nature Conservation Council’s complaint about possibly misleading and deceptive conduct by Cessnock-based energy start-up Sweetman Renewables to a full-blown inquiry. “We wrote to the nation’s corporate watchdog last December with concerns the company may have made false statements to the...
Read MoreRecord $1.2 billion renewable energy infrastructure budget vital to meet state’s 2050 target
June 10, 2022
The NSW Government’s record $1.2 billion renewable energy infrastructure investment is a vital step in making NSW carbon neutral by 2050. [1] “This announcement will drop another vital piece into the state’s renewable energy puzzle,” Nature Conservation Council Chief Executive Chris Gambian said. “NSW has...
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