FMG, Stokes-backed projects hushed through as WA distracted by lockdown: green groups
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Two major projects expected to blow a million tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere in their first year were approved days before the West Australian government entered pre-election caretaker mode amid a COVID-19 lockdown.
Academics, lawyers, farmers and the Conservation Council of WA have battled Mitsui’s Waitsia onshore gas project in the Mid West and Fortescue Metal Group’s gas-fired power station in the Pilbara, appealing the state environmental watchdog’s recommendation for ministerial approval.
Waste Wise Schools funding round now open across Western Australia
Schools can apply to avoid waste and become more sustainable
The next round of Waste Wise Schools grant funding is now open for applications.
The Waste Wise Schools program – funded by the McGowan Government through the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Account – is administered by the Waste Authority.
More than 120,000 students attended the 214 accredited Waste Wise Schools across Western Australia in 2019-20.
The program delivers educational resources and provides support for schools to improve recycling, avoid waste and recover value from waste that would otherwise go to landfill.
Applications for the next Waste Wise School grant funding round can be made between today (February 2) and 12pm on March 9, 2021.
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Funding boost for food and garden organics bins
Next round of the McGowan Government’s $20 million three-bin food organics garden organics (FOGO) kerbside collection grants now open
Local governments eligible for up to $23 for each participating household
The McGowan Government has announced the 2021 Better Bins Plus: Go FOGO funding round for local governments to support the transition to three-bin FOGO kerbside collection services.
The additional funding builds on the success of a similar funding round delivered in 2020.
Local governments can apply for funding of up to $23 for each household receiving a three-bin FOGO collection service in the 2021-22 financial year.
The government hasn’t finished enshrining the regulations to be placed on the fledgling fracking industry in WA, but resource companies are ready to go.
US-owned resource company goes for green light to frack Australiaâs north-west
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Environmental groups are revving up opposition to the first company to take advantage of Western Australia lifting its fracking ban, despite traditional owners supporting the venture.
Bennett Resources, owned by Texan company Black Mountain, wants its Valhalla gas prospect in the Kimberley to eventually supply the export market, or the energy-hungry east coast market, potentially via the $5 billion east-west pipeline long-mooted yet still unsupported by governments.
Environs Kimberley says it has organised more than 3000 public submissions opposing the project in the 7-day comments period that closed on Wednesday.