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Keep our National Parks for nature!
Give the Federal Government the power to protect our national parks! Our national parks protect some of the most beautiful landscapes in the country, and provide critical habitat for our unique native plants and wildlife ...


Coal and Coal Seam Gas

Coal and Coal Seam Gas
Despite the massive weight of scientific evidence showing that, without a doubt, our addiction to fossil fuels, by increasing carbon emissions, is exacerbating climate change and threatening the survival of our planet as we know it, WE KEEP ON CONSUMING MORE AND MORE OF THE STUFF! And in north Queensland we ...


The Reef and Marine Issues

The Reef and Marine Issues
North Queensland's magnificent coast is under threat from agricultural, industrial and urban development. NQCC is one of many environmental organisation's supporting the protectourcoralsea.org campaign to see the establishment of a large, world-class, highly protected marine park in the Coral Sea that will provide a safe haven for marine life and ...


Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy
One of NQCC's three major campaigns for 2012 focuses on addressing the overwhelming issue of global climate change by replacing our current fossil-fuel-based lifestyle with one that relies on clean, renewable energy. By reducing our carbon emissions, we can help limit climate change and help save our planet in all ...


Uranium

Uranium
The economics of the uranium-mining industry   There is still a lot of work going into this page. But below are some good websites on uranium and some ...


Vegetation Management

Vegetation Management
The bush. There’s nothing more Australian than that. It is a part of our heritage and our soul. But even the bush is not sacrosanct when it comes to human activity. The push for clearing for development, agriculture and resource extraction does nothing but increase in pressure as population and ...


All Posts

All posts
Here you will find all the stories posted to the NQCC website over time in chronological order. If you are looking for posts relating to a specific topic (coal, coal seam gas, the Great Barrier Reef, other marine issues, renewable energy, uranium and vegetation management) please go ...


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