Australian Conservation Foundation
@ausconservation.bsky.social
ACF is Australia's national environment organisation. Nature needs us, now. 🌱🐨
Warnings for Australia from overseas. Nuclear is an unwise and completely unsuitable energy source for an increasingly dry and fire-prone land. 🚫☢️
A growing alliance of local councils is pushing the federal govt to make fossil fuel companies pay for climate damage instead of leaving ratepayers to foot the bill. www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/932075...
Newcastle council says big polluters should cough up for climate damage
Councillors say ratepayers shouldn't foot climate bill.
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The El Niño gathering strength across the Pacific Ocean is predicted to annihilate all previous records in the modern era. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
Record-smashing El Niño points to spring of drought and fires
Despite El Niño being months away from peaking, it could potentially trigger Australia's hottest spring on record.
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Bird flu cases are detected in a fifth Australian state, Victoria, prompting warnings of a national wildlife emergency. #H5N1 www.canberratimes.com.au/story/932080...
Endangered species at risk as bird flu spreads
Conservationists hold deep concerns for the future of some of Australia's most critically endangered species after a spike...
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Last week, our legal team was in court representing @ausconservation.bsky.social in its challenge to the federal approval of the North West Shelf Extension - Australia's largest and longest operating gas project. Read our recap and find out what happens next: envirojustice.org.au/north-west-s...
A further 11 suspected cases of H5 bird flu have been detected in South Australia’s south-east and Kangaroo Island.
Breaking: Local transmission of H5 bird flu 'very, very likely', SA government says
A further 11 suspected cases of H5 bird flu have been detected in South Australia’s south-east and Kangaroo Island.
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“The climate alarm is blaring, from every direction,” said Simon Stiell, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Almost 4,000 people evacuated from tourist sites near Bordeaux as wildfires rage in France and Spain
Return of winds and extreme heat threaten firefighters’ attempts to bring blazes under control
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Australia cannot claim to be tackling climate change while exporting the fossil fuels that drive up carbon emissions around the world, former Defence Force chief Chris Barrie says. #auspol au.news.yahoo.com/coal-gas-exp...
Coal and gas exports 'undoing' progress on clean energy
Australia is undermining its hard work to cut emissions by failing to address growing fossil fuel exports, a former defence chief reckons.
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This is good. Record renewables output in Q2 compared to historical levels, cutting into gas generation. (There's been a 30% drop in gas.) Q2 takes in colder months when gas is most heavily relied on. www.aemo.com.au/newsroom/med...
Renewables, batteries continue to reshape energy markets
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Seven suspected new bird flu cases are evidence of spread into Australian wildlife, experts warn. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Seven suspected new bird flu cases are ‘evidence of spread’ into Australian wildlife, experts warn
BirdLife Australia says discoveries of sick and dead local seabirds in South Australia show outbreak is ‘taking hold’
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Audio: There are growing fears the H5 bird flu virus is now spreading between local wildlife. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
What do rising cases of H5 bird flu mean for Australia? - ABC listen
As the CSIRO tests a cluster of dead and sick birds found in South Australia, there are growing fears the H5 flu virus is now spreading between local wildlife. Australia already has at least 20 confi...
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Billboards in South Korea highlight threat to the Great Barrier Reef. www.news.com.au/technology/e...
Despite the best efforts of climate change deniers & vested interests, many of the stories on the northern hem fires are reporting the obvious: 'Spain & much of southern Europe face increasingly severe wildfire seasons that scientists have linked to climate change'. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
NEWSLETTER: Climate Focus: Spain declares national emergency over wildfires
Today’s newsletter continues to focus on Europe’s raging wildfires after the Spanish government declared a national emergency on Thursday following a series of wildfires that threatened communities ne...
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What you should know about the legal case against extending Australia's biggest gas project. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
Here's what you need to know about Woodside's Federal Court case
Four days in, the Federal Court has scrutinised the decision to extend Australia's biggest gas project another 40 years, amid fears for Indigenous heritage and climate impacts.
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Interesting take... in the Federal Court, Woodside argues that far from exerting influence and dominance, it had to wrangle hard with federal authorities to get its NW Shelf gas project extended. 🧐 #auspol thewest.com.au/business/ene...
Here is @envirojustice.bsky.social's update on day 3 of our Federal Court challenge to Environment Minister Murray Watt's approval of Woodside's North West Shelf gas hub extension. #auspol envirojustice.org.au/legal-update...
Legal update: North West Shelf Extension case hearing day 3 - Environmental Justice Australia
A landmark challenge over the Environment Minister’s approval of the largest and longest operating gas project in Australia's underway in the Federal Court in Melbourne.
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The ongoing expansion of the gas industry and search for carbon capture and storage sites means there are more and more of these seismic surveys being carried out... news.mongabay.com/2026/07/as-a...
As Australia expands seismic testing, experts warn of profound effects on sealife
It was spring, 20 years ago now, but he remembers it clearly. On the deck of the Geco Resolution, wind tearing spray from the waves, Robert McCauley stood gazing out onto an ocean blackened by night. ...
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Here is @envirojustice.bsky.social's update on day 2 of our Federal Court challenge to Environment Minister Murray Watt's approval of Woodside's North West Shelf gas hub extension. envirojustice.org.au/legal-update...
Legal update: North West Shelf Extension case hearing day 2 - Environmental Justice Australia
A landmark challenge over the Environment Minister’s approval of the largest and longest operating gas project in Australiais underway in the Federal Court in Melbourne.
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Why ACF is taking Environment Minister Murray Watt to court over his approval of Woodside's North West Shelf gas hub out to 2070.
“The department and minister were concerned with ensuring any conditions attached to the approval were satisfactory to Woodside,” Angus Scott KC told the Federal Court yesterday. (1/2) au.finance.yahoo.com/news/bid-hal...
Minister 'bias' in major gas project extension approval
A federal minister has been accused in court of favouring an energy giant over the environment by agreeing to extend the life of a major gas project.
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In the West Australian: Conservationists argue federal authorities had “apprehended bias” favouring Woodside when a decades-long extension of the North West Shelf gas project was approved. #auspol thewest.com.au/business/ene...
An update on day 1 of our court case from @envirojustice.bsky.social is here. envirojustice.org.au/legal-update...
Legal Update: North West Shelf Extension case hearing day 1
A landmark challenge over the Environment Minister’s approval of the largest and longest operating gas project in Australia began today in the Federal Court in Melbourne.
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ACF – represented by Angus Scott KC with Josh Underwood and Hannah Douglas and @envirojustice.bsky.social – was in the Federal Court yesterday, arguing Environment Minister Murray Watt’s decision to approve Woodside’s NW Shelf extension was wrong.
The 1850’s gold rush left many in financial and social distress and devastated environments. There are lessons too for data centres from the mining boom and hydrogen hype https://reneweconomy.com.au/data-centre-chaos-we-need-to-learn-the-lessons-from-past-gold-rushes/
Data centre chaos: We need to learn the lessons from past gold rushes
The 1850’s gold rush left many in financial and social distress and devastated environments. There are lessons too for data centres from the mining boom and hydrogen hype.
reneweconomy.com.au
The Albanese government’s decision to approve one of the world’s largest gas projects in Western Australia is being challenged in the federal court, setting up a significant test of how Australia’s environment law deals with the climate crisis. #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate and rock art advocates take on Woodside’s ‘carbon bomb’ WA gas project in federal court
Albanese government’s approval of North West Shelf gas extension being challenged by the Australian Conservation Foundation and Friends of Australian Rock Art
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New data shows land clearing across NSW jumped 16% in 2024, the first full year after the Minns govt came to power promising to rein in excessive clearing. By @caitlinfitzsimmons.bsky.social www.smh.com.au/environment/...
‘Not good enough’: Why land clearing remains a problem in NSW
The Minns government promised to fix Barilaro-era laws loosening restrictions on clearing private land, but is yet to do so.
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ACF’s challenge to Environment Minister Murray Watt’s decision to approve Woodside’s NW Shelf gas hub out to 2070 and not assess harm caused by the project’s climate pollution begins today in the Federal Court. #auspol www.acf.org.au/news/major-c...
Major climate change challenge begins in Federal Court
ACF’s challenge to Environment Minister Murray Watt’s decision to approve Woodside’s NW Shelf gas hub out to 2070 and not assess harm caused by the…
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Hearings begin today in the Federal Court for challenges by two groups to Environment Minister Murray Watt's decision to grant a 40-year extension of Woodside's North West Shelf gas hub. au.finance.yahoo.com/news/bid-hal...
Bid to halt Woodside gas works extension heads to court
A legal contest over the federal government's decision to grant a 40-year extension of Australia's largest gas project will head to the Federal Court.
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