Environmental Justice News

DAILY NEWS… Jo Dodds doesn’t quite remember how she managed to become President of the NGO called Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action (BS4C) but she does remember the day her feelings about climate change became visceral. She wants the NSW Planning Minister to make sure climate-impacted communities get to build […]

Pretzel, a green turtle hatchling, has already survived a flood disaster and potentially fatal plastic consumption … and that’s just in its first few weeks of life. The little battler, who fits in the palm of a hand, washed ashore recently at New Brighton Beach on the NSW north coast […]

Emergency Leader for Climate Action (ELCA) – a group of Australia’s highest ranking, former emergency service chiefs – held a media conference in Brisbane on March 14 to issue a scathing statement on the Morrison Government’s failure to prepare for and help alleviate the horrific impacts of the latest flooding […]

DAILY NEWS – ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE The sun is shining on Australia’s east coast today for the first time in weeks but I am sitting here wondering if ‘rain bomb’ will become the Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year and thinking about what will need to happen – how bad will […]

The Nature Conservation Council has expressed grave concerns over the fast-tracking of water engineering projects in the Southern Murray Darling Basin, warning that more interventions in the system will result in less water for the environment overall and authorities picking winners and losers. “The poor track record of water engineering projects means we are very […]

Australia is the worst performing of all developed countries when it comes to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and moving beyond fossil fuels according to a new report from the Climate Council. The report – From Paris to Glasgow – A World on the Move – concludes that Australia is being […]

The failure of Katter’s Reef Regulation Reversal Bill to gain support in a Queensland Parliamentary Committee is good news for our Great Barrier Reef, the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) says. Members of the Queensland Parliament’s Health and Environment Committee recommended the Bill not be passed. If enacted, the Bill […]

The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) ‘Together We Can’ campaign is reassuring if you are concerned about the climate crisis but feel overwhelmed and powerless and/or if you’ve been told that no one cares and it’s too late anyway. If you have made it onto an ACF mailing list you will […]

The northern hemisphere is in the midst of a summer marked by devastating wildfires, floods, storms and, of course, the ongoing pandemic – none of which are good signs that the IPCC latest report on climate change, due for release on August 9, would hold anything but grim news. The […]