In the face of community opposition, Defence Housing Australia is proposing to build on Lawson north, an important environmental area in the ACT. Home to critically endangered grassland and Box-Gum Woodlands, Lawson north is home to threatened species such as the...
This week, the ACT Government abandoned plans to convert open green space next to Cooleman Court shopping centre to a bitumen car park following a determined community campaign led by local residents. News of the decision to back down on the carpark was published in...
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...
