Queensland Conservation Council: Queensland's peak voice for the environment (nature and climate) since 1969
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Concerned Queenslanders spent their summer talking to people visiting the @QldMuseum
Museum-goers were shocked to hear the museum received more than $10m from fossil-fuel giant Shell since 2015, influencing educational materials used in Qld classrooms for kids as young as 9.
Sign the petition for the museum to end fossil fuel sponsorships and replace the misleading materials: loom.ly/srwlmJw
The Chair of our Board has shared his thoughts on why January 26 is not a day to celebrate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and the pathway to healing for the original cultures of this land and its natural environment.
Read this blog from Trevor Meldrum, a proud Yalangi man from Cape York, and experienced steward of the environment: loom.ly/srshS5k
At Woodford Folk Festival, our amazing volunteers and staff had conversations with over 1000 people and were lucky to hear so many great stories capturing why people from near and far love Queensland's incredible, unique landscapes and their inhabitants.
This work is highly rewarding - join us!
Our collaborative and positive campaign with lovers of the outdoors, #ProtectBeautifulQueensland, has market stalls, events and other opportunities coming up in SEQ and across the state: loom.ly/hjjsJj0
New federal nature laws are now in effect, protecting forests and woodland across Queensland. Here's what's new:
#Callide C4 broke down at 4:55pm last Thursday, taking 800 MW, nearly 10% of supply, offline in Qld. Batteries stepped up and provided more power than gas to get Queenslanders through another hot evening.
We can't afford to rely on ageing coal fired power stations anymore. We need to build more clean renewable energy backed by storage.
Track the many fossil fuel breakdowns with #ReliabilityWatch: reliabilitywatch.org.au/trac…
Over 30,000 Qld homes have installed batteries in the last 6 months - see which suburbs are leading the charge!
"With the national Cheaper Home Batteries Program, installing batteries in a household which already has solar is a no-brainer. That’s a stark contrast to the large-scale battery lull which has been driven by continued policy uncertainty from the Queensland Government."
Read the full story: loom.ly/OLYn0ws
Australia's still a world leader in deforestation, and new analysis from our friends at @AusConservation shows which single industry is responsible for 2/3rds of last year's total habitat destruction.
Minister @MurrayWatt's approval for an open-cut coal mine expansion is incredibly disappointing.
Stanwell’s #Meandu King 2 East mine will funnel thermal coal to Tarong Power Station until 2039, adding over 200 million tonnes of climate pollution to the atmosphere.
Let Minister Watt and @AlboMP know: this is out of step with science, and it’s out of step with the mandate on which they were granted a second term.
Read more: loom.ly/6D58UB8
Protecting the habitat koalas have left is the strongest conservation strategy to save the species.
That's what we told ABC Radio, and that's what you can tell the Qld Government's public consultation.
Email your MP and the state's Environment Minister @AndrewPowellMP to demand a better future for koalas: loom.ly/HVRjzkI
