Homeowners gathered at the Canberra Environment Centre on Thursday 4th February to learn about the impacts of “natural” gas on the environment and human health, and discover the triple benefits of cost and energy savings, improved comfort and emissions...
Write-up by John Smith, People’s Climate Assembly. Advocates for climate action held a rally on the lawns of Parliament House on the first sitting day of the year, to highlight the Australian Government’s nonsensical decision to favour gas over renewable energy...
The Conservation Council submitted feedback this week to Draft Variation 379 that changes the Territory Plan for Kenny to be zoned as a Nature Reserve. Kenny will be the 39th reserve in the Canberra Nature Park and will provide important protection for many threatened...
The Federal Government this week finally released Professor Graeme Samuel’s Final Report into the review of Australia’s national environment law – the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act. It is unsurprising the Federal Government...
Next week the ACT Government will release the 2020-2021 Budget. In the lead up to the Budget, we have seen early Budget announcements that are environment-related. The Government’s big ticket election commitment is a $307m package (over 5 years) to drive the...
