Aug 16, 2022 | Climate, Latest News, Media Releases
12 August 2022 The Conservation Council ACT Region is warning new apartment buyers in Canberra to check if their new home purchase will be connected to the gas network for hot water or cooking, after finding out that many multi-unit developments are still building...
Aug 4, 2022 | Climate, Latest News, Media Releases
Thursday 4th August 2022 The Conservation Council ACT Region today welcomed the ACT Government’s commitment to phase out fossil gas, and transition to an all-electric city on their pathway to zero net emissions by 2045. The ACT is the first jurisdiction in Australia...
Jul 25, 2022 | Climate, Latest News, Transport
There was great hype last week as the ACT Government launched its new Zero Emissions Vehicle strategy, making headlines all around the country that it would ‘ban the sale of new internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles by 2035’. The resulting public debate has no...
Jun 16, 2022 | Climate, Past Events
This Environment Exchange forum discussed the ACT Wellbeing Framework and how focusing on wellbeing instead of financial wealth could lead to greater prosperity for our city, people and environment. There is abundant evidence that an economy focused on endless GDP...
May 24, 2022 | Climate, Latest News, Nature and waterways
Is the 2022 federal election result a watershed moment in Australian politics? The turning point when the existential threat posed by climate change has finally risen to great enough prominence in the minds of enough Australians that we will no longer tolerate...
Feb 11, 2022 | Climate, Latest News, Take action
Let’s put the climate front and centre for the 2022 Federal Election! 1. Paint the town yellow! The Conservation Council is partnering with the Climate Action Network Australia and CANsign to distribute these distinctive Climate Action Now signs as part of a...
