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Media Alert: NSW Sustainability Conference comes to Hunter Central Coast

May 30, 2024

Nature Conservation Council of NSW's Regional Conference: Sat 1st Jun 2024 - Sun 2nd Jun 2024 What: Regional conference for state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation. When: Sat 1st Jun 2023, 8:45 am - Sun 2nd Jun 2023, 3:00 pm AEST Where: Glenrock Scout Camp Who:...

NSW environment movement "losing confidence in the EPA" over greater gliders

May 27, 2024

MEDIA RELEASEMay 27, 2024 The environment movement is losing confidence in the NSW Environment Protection Authority after a dramatic backflip on greater glider protection, described as “a roadmap to extinction for the greater glider”. Trees with hollows occupied by the endangered species are supposed...

Peak environment body welcomes support for household batteries

May 24, 2024

May 24th 2024 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today welcomed the announcement of new incentives for household batteries. Households with solar panels will be able to receive between $1600 to $2400 off the...

Peak environment group blasts taxpayer-funded extension of coal plant

May 23, 2024

MEDIA RELEASEMay 23rd 2024 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today criticised the government’s regrettable decision to use taxpayer money keeping the Eraring coal-fired power station open. “This is bad news for the climate...

New guidelines for greenhouse gas emissions welcomed

May 21, 2024

May 21st 2024 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today welcomed new measures to address climate change in NSW planning decisions. The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has released new draft guidelines, which for the first...

Peak Environmental bodies welcome change to Offshore Petroleum Bill to remove fast-track approvals

May 17, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE16th May 2024 Australia’s peak state and territory environmental bodies today welcomed the agreement between the Greens and the Albanese government to amend the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation Amendment (Safety and Other Measures) Bill 2024 by removing Schedule 2, Part 2....

Polling shows record support for stronger nature protection laws

May 09, 2024

MEDIA RELEASEMay 9, 2024 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today released polling that shows overwhelming support for stronger nature protection laws in NSW. The results of this representative sample of over 1000...

NSW biodiversity worse than ever, habitat clearing the key driver, says government report

May 08, 2024

MEDIA RELEASE May 8th, 2024 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today labelled new Government data on biodiversity loss ‘a shocking and deeply frustrating failure to meet our obligation to protect nature’. ...

188 breaches of new condition designed to protect greater gliders

May 03, 2024

JOINT MEDIA RELEASEMay 3, 2024 Conservation groups are demanding an urgent investigation and prosecution after detecting 188 alleged breaches by Forestry Corp NSW of a new condition designed to save endangered greater gliders. In a letter to the NSW EPA, the groups called for...

Joint statement of the Alliance for Nature on NSW habitat clearing laws

May 01, 2024

1 May 2024 The Alliance for Nature NSW is a coalition of leading environmental organisations working together to achieve the best possible outcomes for habitats and wildlife. Together, we represent 220 member groups or branches and around 250,000 supporters and landholders across the state....