Jan 31, 2017 | Campaigns, Climate, Waste
The draft terms of reference for the proposed plastics to fuels plant at Hume do not address the issue of whether the industry should be located in the ACT at all. While the panel will go some way to looking at health impacts of pollution on local residents and the...
Dec 12, 2016 | Campaigns, Climate
9 December 2016 Andrew Barr, MLA, Chief Minister Alistair Coe, MLA, Leader of the Opposition Shane Rattenbury, MLA, Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability Dear Chief Minister, Leader of the Opposition and Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability Select...
Oct 20, 2016 | Campaigns, Climate
The environmental high point of the 2016 ACT Legislative Assembly election was that all three parties in the Assembly broadly agreed on climate change targets. Labor, Liberal and Greens supported 100% electricity from renewable energy by 2020 and zero net emissions by...
Oct 13, 2016 | Campaigns, Climate, Transport, Urban planning
Light rail has been successful in lifting the profile of transport, even public transport, in the 2016 ACT election campaign. In terms of the Conservation Council’s policies light rail gets a tick because it can assist development of a more compact city and it...
Sep 14, 2016 | Campaigns, Climate
The ACT Greens have announced measures to transition Canberra away from gas including stopping new gas infrastructure; removing incentives to install gas appliances; setting minimum standards for new gas appliances; mandating that replacement hot water systems must...
Sep 11, 2016 | Campaigns, Climate
ACT Government policy on greenhouse gas emissions and electricity from renewable energy has made the ACT a leader both nationally and internationally. What really stands out now is that finally goals for strong action have all-party support. On 29 August Jeremy Hanson...
