With the double-dissolution Federal election expected to take place on July 2, Bathurst Community Climate Action Network president Tracey Carpenter has called for all Calare candidates across the political spectrum to put climate change front and centre as an election issue. With shocking new evidence of climate change occurring at an even faster rate than…
The Bathurst Kangaroo Project has put out a call for volunteers to help with a new research project by Western Sydney University student researcher Hannah Rowland. “My undergraduate degree in Animal Science requires me to complete a field project and I have chosen to join the Bathurst Kangaroo Project to investigate experiences between landholders on…
The Nature Conservation Council of NSW (NCC) has released its climate change policy. It is reproduced below: Nature Conservation Council of NSW Climate Change Policy* PRINCIPLES 1.1 Climate change refers to long-lasting changes to world climate patterns such as average temperatures, rainfall and incidence of severe weather events. Changing weather patterns pose existential risks…
Wollar Progress Association is calling on the NSW Government to carefully consider the viability of the operations at Peabody Wilpinjong Mine near Mudgee in light of Peabody filing for bankruptcy in America yesterday, saying the proposed expansion will sacrifice the once vibrant Wollar community at a time when the world is turning away from coal.…
Nature Conservation Council of NSW Regional Workshop | May 7th 2016 | Dubbo NSW THE WORKSHOP PROGRAM WILL COVER: • The Draft Central West and Orana Regional Plan – what does it mean for your region? • The Draft Biodiversity Conservation Act – how will native vegetation be protected across NSW and what are the pitfalls of the proposed laws?…
By Tracy Sorensen There was a time, not too distant, when “Save The Whales” was a joke. But now, just a few decades later, opposition to whale hunting is a mainstream Australian view. Our foreign minister perfectly comfortable speaking out on their behalf, as she did the other day when Japan killed 300 whales, including…
Some people in Victoria (actually, the Victorian Climate Action Network, VCAN) have created a one-stop shop for environmental & climate change petitions. Add your voice the easy way! You may need to right-click the links below and select “open in a new tab” for it to work properly. Loading…
By Tracey Carpenter One of the largest campaigns ever seen in Bathurst stood against Council plans to sell the town’s recycled water to a gold mine near Blayney earlier this year. Regis Resources made a bid to purchase 8-10ML of Bathurst’s recycled water which is currently released into the Macquarie Wambool River. The bid included…
By Warwick Artis Bathurst’s extended CBD area currently has an estimated 2% street tree canopy cover that compares very poorly with the recent survey of 39 council areas in NSW where the benchmark is 15% to 20%. The study by UTS’s Institute of Sustainable Futures measured and benchmarked urban tree canopy cover over 139…
This is urban planner Robin White’s submission to Bathurst Regional Council re the proposed diversion of water to the Regis gold mine.