The Arid Lands Environment Centre welcomes the broader scope of the terms of reference and the appointment of Justice Pepper as chair for the NT fracking inquiry announced by the NT Government over the...

Members of the Arid Lands Environment Centre and the Central Australian Frack Free Alliance gathered today in support of the campaign led by the Standing Rock Souix Tribe against the Dakota Access Pipeline in...

The Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) is very disappointed that the NT Government’s focus in China this week has been on building support for oil and gas projects, instead of building relationships and support...

The Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) is the peak regional environmental organisation in Central Australia. ALEC’s vision is for ‘healthy futures for arid lands and people’. For 36 years ALEC has worked both on...

RePower Alice Springs condemn comments made this week by Federal Government Ministers, including Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Minister Barnaby Joyce and Senator Nick Xenophon, blaming renewable energy for the South Australian blackouts. Experts have...

One of the jobs that ALEC does is to make comment on projects that are likely to have significant impact on the environment. ALEC has reduced capacity to do this job and relies heavily...

Welcome in the season of spring this Sunday 2nd October 10am-1pm at the Alice Springs Community Garden Spring Fair. The Alice Springs Community Garden (ASCG) is located at Frances Smith Memorial Park, Burke Street,...

The Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) cautiously welcomes the NT Labor Government’s moratorium on fracking announced this morning, but questions why exploration for unconventional gas is allowed to continue. In pre-election commitments Territory Labor...

RePower Alice Springs welcomes the opportunity for a solar powered future for our town with the announcement of the new NT Cabinet this week. Whilst in opposition the NT Labor Party made a commitment...

The Arid Lands Environment Centre welcomes the change in Northern Territory Government, stating that the landslide election result makes it clear that Territorians want a significantly different approach to governance. Pre-election promises of a...

The Arid Lands Environment Centre (ALEC) has discovered that on the final day before entering caretaker the Giles/Tollner CLP Government consolidated 24 explorations licences for the benefit of Texan company Tri-Star Energy.  This news...

Public Meeting: 5pm Monday 15th August  Central Australia Development Office – Todd Mall RePower Alice Springs is facilitating broader community discussion on pathways to achieving a solar energy transition for the town by hosting a...