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NSW clearing 640 football fields of land per day, the majority unexplained
August 01, 2023
August 1st 2023 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the states leading environmental advocacy organisation, has called on the NSW Government to act on its commitment to stop the runaway land clearing that is decimating NSW bush. The latest land clearing...
Read MoreThe report card is in: NSW ranks last among states for forest protection
July 31, 2023
31st July 2023 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the states leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today called on the NSW Government to commit to turning around the state’s abysmal deforestation record. The Trees Scorecard report released today by WWF-Australia has ranked NSW...
Read MoreGet off the gas: Victoria is quitting gas, NSW should follow suit
July 28, 2023
Get off the gas: Victoria is quitting gas, NSW should follow suit 28th July 2023 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the states leading environmental advocacy organisation, welcomes the Victorian Government’s decision to quit gas in homes and government buildings, and...
Read MoreBasin Plan delay risks ‘devastating consequences’ for rivers as dry spell looms
July 25, 2023
Peak conservation groups across south-eastern Australia are urging the federal government to stand firm on their commitment to return water to the Murray-Darling river system, warning delaying the Basin Plan would risk terrible damage to the environment during the next drought. Environment Victoria, NSW...
Read MoreNo time for delay: NSW Government needs to go all in on renewables
July 25, 2023
Tuesday 25th July 2023 The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the states leading environmental advocacy organisation, has said that the NSW Government needs to get behind renewables and commit to closing coal-fired power plants on time. A new report released by...
Read MorePreferencing coal over renewables: Vales Point cannot be exempt from clean air laws
July 18, 2023
18th July 2023 The NSW Government is allowing ageing coal-fired power plants to continue to pump out high levels of toxic pollution, leading environment groups say. Vales Point Power Station, operated by Delta Electricity, has a two-year exemption from NOx emissions limits in NSW’s...
Read MoreHigh time NSW stepped up to protect our inland rivers, says state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation.
July 17, 2023
photo: Henry Gold 17th July 2023. The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today blasted the concerted misinformation campaign being spread by corporate irrigators about the proposal to purchase water for the environment from the many willing sellers across NSW....
Read MoreVales Point extension a line in the sand, says climate groups.
July 15, 2023
15th July 2023 A coalition of groups fighting to secure a liveable future for the planet has today criticised in the strongest possible terms an attempt to extend the life of the Vales Point Power Station, owned by Sev.en Global Investments and operated by...
Read MoreNature NSW welcomes audit of environmental offsets
June 29, 2023
29th June 2023 Necessary First Step: Nature NSW welcomes audit of environmental offsets, calls for system wide approach. The Nature Conservation Council of NSW (NCC), the state’s leading environmental advocacy organisation, has welcomed today’s announcement of a “full audit of environmental offsets” by Minister for Environment and Water, Tanya...
Read MoreWorth more standing: As NSW’s debt mounts, NCC calls for an end to subsidies for the logging industry.
June 22, 2023
22nd June 2023Worth more standing: as NSW’s debt mounts, NCC calls for an end to subsidies for the logging industry. The Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), the states leading environmental advocacy organisation, has today responded to the foreshadowed NSW budget deficit by...
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