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Rent relief now!

Rent relief for WA’s most vulnerable! It’s so important that we all stay home right now. But what if you’re at risk of losing your home or you don’t even have a home in the first place? Before Covid-19 1/3 of Australian renters were already considered low income earners, meaning more than 30% of their…

A Climate Change Act for WA

We are in a critical moment in history – what we do over the next 10 years will shape our planet for the next 1000.

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EPA revised guidelines a win for industry not community

“The EPA’s revised guidelines are in complete opposition to the action that WA needs to be taking on the climate crisis. “Rather than require all new and expanding projects to fully offset emissions, the revised guidelines have fallen in line with the McGowan Government’s greenhouse gas policy which fails to set any hard targets for…

EPA backdown on greenhouse gas guidelines

“Though I am yet to see the revised guidelines, today’s article is highly concerning,” Mr Clifford said. “The EPA greenhouse gas guidelines were originally published to ensure WA’s environment is adequately protected, and to reflect contemporary science. “If the EPA does align its revised guidelines with the McGowan Government’s shameful and ineffective aspirational greenhouse gas…

WA Labor net zero aspiration is just greenwashing

The McGowan Government’s refusal to legislate its net zero emissions aspiration is proof it’s policy is just greenwashing says The Greens spokesperson for climate, Tim Clifford MLC. Last week 54 WA scientists, professors, doctors and academics signed a letter calling for the McGowan Government to establish a binding target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions…

WA Labor Government willfully ignores science and backs big fossil fuel donors

The McGowan Government continues to ignore science and back big polluters despite knowing full well the impacts of increased emissions on Western Australia. The WA Parliament, today, voted against a Greens WA motion to – Acknowledge the unprecedented level of carbon emissions from WA gas projects; – Admit that the Browse Basin & Burrup Hub…

McGowan Government must be responsible for its complicity in climate change

The Greens (WA) spokesperson for climate change Tim Clifford has slammed the WA Labor Government for its wilful complicity in allowing big emitters to pollute with next-to-no regulations. The Guardian Australia, with analysis from the Conservation Council of Western Australia, released last night damning evidence against Western Australia’s Liquefied Natural Gas industry and the State…

WA to be the first Australian State Parliament to declare a climate emergency

Western Australia is set to become the second Australian Parliament to declare a climate emergency, after the Australian Capital Territory. Today, The Greens WA spokesperson for climate change, Tim Clifford MLC, will call on the Legislative Council to acknowledge the climate crisis, the impact it is having on Western Australia and its people, and to…

The McGowan Government declares climate change not to be an emergency

The Greens WA, today, called on the WA Parliament to acknowledge the climate crisis, declare a climate emergency, and note the catastrophic impacts it is having, and will have, on Western Australia and its people. Instead, the Environment Minister Stephen Dawson moved an amendment to allow the State Government to avoid its responsibility in addressing…

WA Government net zero 2050 aspiration, not a climate commitment

“I welcome that the McGowan Government has publicly acknowledged the need to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, however to effectively address the climate emergency WA must transition away from fossil fuels immediately. Though this policy sets out some promising intentions, it fails to commit to concrete emission reduction targets for both big polluters and…