All articles by Lisa Wills
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Australia’s Polluter-In-Chief Woodside loses ‘climate’ vote in a landslide
PERTH – 24 April 2024 – Following the overwhelming shareholder vote against Woodside’s ‘climate’ plan, see comments below attributable to Greenpeace Australia Pacific Acting CEO Kate Smolski:
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Greenpeace v Woodside Concise Statement
Please find a link below to the PDF of the concise statement made to the Federal Court of Australia where Greenpeace Australia Pacific Limited claims that Woodside Energy Group Ltd has made and continues to make misleading or deceptive representations about its plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in response to climate change.
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Offshore gas amendments a massive step backwards for nature protection, climate action: Greenpeace
“The offshore gas amendments are fundamentally flawed and should be withdrawn. They are a massive step backwards, undermining Labor’s commitments to nature protection and leaving our endangered species at risk to the gas industry.
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New Vehicle Emissions Standards legislation to drive real climate action
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has welcomed the Federal Government’s New Vehicle Emissions Standards (NVES) legislation as a win for climate action while warning that any emissions reduction traded away now must be made up for later.
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Media Briefing: Australia’s New Fuel Efficiency Standard
Transport currently makes up 20% and the fastest-growing source of emissions in Australia. By 2030 is it anticipated to be our largest source of emissions, as the electricity grid decarbonises.
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BUSTED! Greenpeace AP reveals AAA’s efforts to water down emissions standards
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has today called on Australia’s largest motoring clubs to condemn the Australian Automobile Association (AAA) for its repeated efforts, including with the fossil fuel car and petroleum lobbies, to water down limits on car pollution and slow the uptake of electric vehicles in Australia.
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Greenpeace calls on car companies that support strong NVES to leave the FCAI, for the body to be renamed
With a second car company in as many days expected to resign membership of the petrol-pushing Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), Greenpeace Australia Pacific has today called on the remaining car companies that support an effective emissions standard to resign from the FCAI, and for the FCAI be renamed the ‘Full-Throttle Carbon Addicts Institute…
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“Self-interested whiners” Toyota push for weak pollution laws disappointing but unsurprising
Toyota Australia reveals it won’t be beaten on its ambition to wreck the climate with polluting vehicles, with comments today showing it remains committed to scuttling vital emissions standards for new cars whatever the cost to Australians, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said today.
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Woodside’s profits, our loss
While Woodside Energy makes an annual net profit of US3.32 billion ($5.1 billion), Australian and Pacific communities are paying the price of fossil fuel-powered extreme climate impacts, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said today.
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Greenpeace Australia Pacific Takes Woodside To Court Alleging Misleading Climate Claims
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has filed a lawsuit against fossil fuel giant Woodside in the Federal Court of Australia overnight. The case could see Woodside held to account for allegedly misleading and/or deceiving the Australian public about the enormous climate harm of its gas and oil projects. Greenpeace Australia Pacific alleges that the fossil fuel giant…