Jun 3, 2025 | Latest News, Transport
The Conservation Council ACT has today joined with four other local Canberra groups to call on Minister Chris Steel to establish a standing Transport Consultative Forum along similar lines to the existing Environment and Planning Consultative Forum or the Biodiversity...
Jun 28, 2023 | Climate, Latest News, Nature and waterways, Transport
2023/24 ACT Budget Wrap Earlier this year, the Conservation Council made a Budget submission to the ACT Government that focussed on 6 key priorities: Champion environment and climate organisations Invest in electrification for a safe climate Invest in safe,...
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...
Nov 12, 2021 | Climate, Latest News, Media Releases, Transport, Urban planning, Waste
The Conservation Council ACT Region welcomes the report on Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions in the ACT, produced by the Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment and tabled in the ACT Legislative Assembly on 11th November. “This report is an important step...
Oct 17, 2021 | Climate, Nature and waterways, Transport, Urban planning, Waste
Earlier this year, the Conservation Council made a Budget submission to the ACT Government this year that focussed on 4 key priorities: Respond to the climate emergency by expediting action to cut the ACT’s direct emissions from gas (stationary energy) and transport;...
Jun 24, 2021 | Past Events, Transport
Do you routinely drive to work or employ staff who regularly drive? On Tuesday 20th July, the Conservation Council and Canberra Environment Centre hosted an online environment exchange about the benefits to be gained from active commuting by both employers and...
