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Biodiversity offsetting in NSW drives habitat loss and super profits for a lucky few
April 28, 2021
The Nature Conservation Council will today refer to ICAC the sale of biodiversity offset credits in relation to major roadworks in Western Sydney. Lisa Cox at the Guardian Australia today has revealed more details of windfall profits made by those associated with EcoLogical, a...
Read MoreFar West gas fields - where is the water coming from?
April 26, 2021
The NSW Government should protect water supplies, farmland, communities and wildlife in the Far West by immediately ruling out the development of an industrial gas field in the region, according to the NSW Nature Conservation Council. The government this year resurrected plans to let...
Read MoreWollar is collateral damage in Barilaro's chaotic coal “strategy”
April 23, 2021
Nationals Leader John Barilaro has thrown the community of Wollar near Mudgee under a coal truck by using a new process to open up land for exploration without consulting the people who live there. [1] “Wollar already has three massive coal mines on its...
Read MoreGovernment must refer biodiversity offsets scandal to ICAC and review the whole system
April 16, 2021
The NSW Government must refer to ICAC the sale of biodiversity offset credits in relation to major roadworks in Western Sydney and conduct a comprehensive review of the state’s biodiversity offsets regime following revelations byThe Guardian Australia today. [1] In a sensational piece of...
Read MoreUpper Hunter voters deserve honesty and hope
April 14, 2021
The Nature Conservation Council calls on all candidates in the Upper Hunter by-election to outline a vision of how to help workers and communities deal with the inevitable decline and end of coal mining in the electorate. “People in the Upper Hunter deserve honesty...
Read MoreVictoria’s Climate Targets are welcome leadership
April 02, 2021
The Victorian Government’s target to halve climate pollution this decade puts the state at the forefront of Australia’s response to the climate crisis. “Victoria is leading by example and now it’s up to other states and the Federal Government to catch up.” Nature Conservation Council Chief Executive Chris Gambian said. “Climate...
Read MoreBurnt, logged and flogged - Forestry Corp presses ahead with unsustainable logging program
March 31, 2021
The Nature Conservation Council has renewed calls for an end to native forest logging in State forests following revelations that up to 30% of the quality timber in some regions was destroyed by the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires. The losses detailed in a Forestry...
Read MoreTweed and Byron koala plans approved after long delays
March 31, 2021
The Nature Conservation Council welcomes the NSW Government’s approval of Koala Plans of Management (KPoMs) for Tweed and Byron local government areas. [1] “This is a step forward for koala conservation on the North Coast, although they do have limitations and the government took...
Read MorePower station site rehabilitation commitments must survive AGL demerger
March 30, 2021
AGL must guarantee commitments that it made in 2017 to fully rehabilitate its power station sites are honoured by PrimeCo, the new corporate entity set up to manage the company’s dirty energy assets. In its 2017 Rehabilitation Report, AGL committed $898 million for the...
Read MorePower prices will be lower if NSW shoots for 100% clean-energy grid by 2030, report shows
March 18, 2021
Leading energy research company, RepuTex, has found transitioning the NSW to 100% clean energy by 2030 would deliver consistently lower wholesale power prices than business-as-usual. [1] RepuTex found that under the current approach to the energy transition, where the last coal-fired power station closes around 2045,...
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