News - Environs Kimberley

Fighting Giants: Frack Free Kimberley's new film

May 29, 2023

Frack Free Kimberley presents Fighting Giants, the powerful new film and rallying call to protect the Kimberley from oil and gas fracking. Watch the trailer for Fighting Giants here. The...

New oil and gas threat to Kimberley — another James Price Point

April 24, 2023

Broome-based conservation group Environs Kimberley is warning that a new oil and gas proposal in the region will lead to national protests if the McGowan Government doesn’t step in and...

Ten year's ago the community won the battle for Walmadany James Price Point

April 12, 2023

Ten years ago, the world’s oil and gas heavyweights including Woodside Energy, walked away from what would have been the largest gas refinery in the world. If the Barnett-Grylls government...

Anthony Albanese must fix the Kimberley's fracking mess before it's too late

April 08, 2023

Opinion piece in the Canberra Times April 8, 2023 The extraordinary Kimberley, the largest and most intact tropical savannah on the planet, in the top four percent of the world’s...

Broome’s future is renewable

March 22, 2023

A new study has demonstrated that electricity generation in Broome, Western Australia, can be achieved with over 80% renewable energy at three-quarters of the price of gas-fired (LNG) generation, resulting...

Finding the grasswren and helping the nyarlgoo on Gooniyandi Country

March 20, 2023

Last year, the Gooniyandi Rangers, Kimberley Land Council Ecologist Marlee Hutton and EK staff were in Bawoorrooga with Traditional Owner and cultural advisor Claude Carter (Claudie). We worked together to...

New Ministers – let's call on them to protect the Martuwarra Fitzroy River

March 13, 2023

We’ve had some difficult times here in the Kimberley this year. Devastating floods in the Fitzroy Valley led to people losing their homes and belongings, animals being washed away and...

Between the Tides

March 01, 2023

Four days of wonder began with the opening event of EK’s Between the Tides: Discovering the Intertidal Marine Life of Broome. WA Museum scientists joined Traditional Owners, local artists and...

People have lost everything in the Fitzroy floods – please help

January 12, 2023

We hope you’ve had a great festive season with family and friends. As you will have seen, the wet season kicked in hard here in the Kimberley. Ex-tropical cyclone Ellie...