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The most environmentally damaging project in the West Kimberley’s history to go ahead

October 09, 2022

The mining company, Kimberley Mineral Sands, made its final investment decision last week for a project Environs Kimberley considers “the most environmentally damaging in the West Kimberley’s history”. The company...

Premier McGowan and Ministers hit by climate change and fracking concerns in Kimberley meeting

August 05, 2022

Climate change was a major concern at the McGowan Government Community Cabinet meeting in Broome on Sunday (31 July). The Premier and Cabinet Ministers were met by a big protest...

Kimberley fracking proposal hits backburner

July 16, 2022

A project to frack the Kimberley next to the Edgar Ranges, a site previously recommended to be a conservation reserve, has been withdrawn by oil and gas company Theia Energy....

Strong support to protect the Martuwarra Fitzroy River

April 28, 2022

More than 50 people gathered on the Willare Bridge on the Martuwarra Fitzroy River on Sunday, calling for Premier Mark McGowan to protect the National Heritage listed river. People travelled...

Broome community message to Origin Energy AGM – “Don’t Frack the Kimberley!”

October 20, 2021

The Broome community has sent a defiant message to Origin Energy and their shareholders ahead of its AGM this week opposing oil and gas fracking and exploration in the Kimberley....

McGowan Government bends over backwards for frackers

October 13, 2021

The McGowan Government is bending its own rules to encourage a fracking project that threatens to lay waste to the Kimberley’s world renowned landscape. Texas-based Black Mountain has issued a...

Call on McGowan Government to protect Horizontal Falls from copper mine catastrophe

September 30, 2021

Conservationists have raised fears over plans for a copper mine near the Kimberley’s best known tourism attraction, Horizontal Falls. A mining company has cleared vegetation and bulldozed a track to...

Andrew Forrest’s withdrawal of oil and gas interests from the Kimberley welcomed

August 17, 2021

Broome based conservation group Environs Kimberley has applauded Andrew Forrest’s withdrawal from oil and gas and potential fracking in the Kimberley.[1] Mr Forrest’s Squadron Energy has been in a joint...

Fracking the Kimberley – APPEA conference criticised

June 15, 2021

As the APPEA conference gets underway in Perth, Kimberley conservationists are calling on oil and gas companies to withdraw US-style plans to frack in the environmentally sensitive region or risk...

Oil and gas company plan to clear 1,100 km through Kimberley must be transparently assessed

June 14, 2021

New Origin Energy and Buru Energy plans to bulldoze roughly 1,100km of seismic testing lines across the Kimberley’s iconic landscape must be transparently assessed under the Environmental Protection Act, according to Broome...