The Australian Conservation Alliance (ACA) is an organisation comprised of young professionals who advocate for and advance centre-right climate law and policy.
We have some of the richest deposits of #CriticalMinerals globally. These resources are essential in the development of #CleanEnergy technologies.
Australia needs to start meeting its potential & become a world leader in this space.
#EmissionsReduction#mining#climatechange
Our Executive Director was published this morning in the Herald Sun - talking about the dangers nationalisation of the Vic energy market places on renewable energy production.
Have a read below π
#auspol#vicpol#energymarkets#renewableenergy
Exclusive: Australia will move towards nationally consistent rules on single-use plastic items, as NSW prepares to strip shelves of plastic straws, cutlery and cotton buds next week | @marywardy https://t.co/YLz4lOoQLH
We're proud of our Chair, Riley Taylor, who has recently been published by OGEL on Marine Spatial Planning to increase ecological protection in Australia ππ π±
Give it a read here: https://t.co/YPa8Lu1RC5
#auspol#offshorewind#marineprotection
Was great to hear the NSW Minister for Environment and Heritage @James_HGriffin discuss environmental policy and how organisations such as our can contribute to the discourse πΏ
#conservation#auspol
The ACA has released a submission to the Offshore renewable energy infrastructure area proposal: Bass Strait off Gippsland consultation.
Read the policy submission here ππhttps://t.co/kfigzGsfuY
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Renewables supplied over 40% of total energy generated in the NEM last week, setting a new instantaneous renewables record of 64.1% on Sunday, up 2.2% from the previous record, underscoring AEMOβs goal to engineer grids to manage times of up to 100% renewables by 2025.
We welcome the Australian Government joining the Leaders Pledge for Nature and look forward to seeing action on the Samuel Review and an independent EPA to address Australiaβs alarming extinction rates and loss of nature.
#AusPol#biodiversity
π§΅ Today, I welcome the release of the @NSW_EPA draft Climate Change Policy.
We continue to witness the destructive impacts of climate change on communities and our environment. #nswpol
The ACA calls upon the NSW Government to heed the warnings of the Auditor-General and urgently resolve our failing biodiversity offset scheme.
You can read about the Auditor-Generalβs Report at https://t.co/rkQkQM7nYg
#biodiversity#climate#conservation
The NSW Auditor General confirming the reality of biodiversity offsets: a get-out-of-jail free card to destroy nature. Offsets should only be a last resort.
#auspol#nswpol#biodiversityoffsets
Not a bad spot to announce the largest harbour restoration project of its kind in the world is set to commence in the iconic Sydney Harbour. It will reforest and restore marine habitats for penguins, seals, seahorses and turtles. #nswpol
Bridget Archer is the sole Coalition MP to cross the floor on the climate bill, chatting with members of the independent crossbench during the vote. #auspol@SBSNews
We wrote to a number of Coalition MPs encouraging them to cross the floor in support of the Climate Change Bill.
We are pleased @BridgetArcherMP has committed to doing so.
We hope more of her colleagues will do the same.
#climatechange#netzero#emissionsreduction#AusPol2022