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Right now the Federal Government is considering whether to approve this massive gas project that would do unthinkable harm to our oceans and our climate. Sign the petition now to tell Woodside to stop its dangerous gas project.
Ways to get involved
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Western Australia can be a Renewable Energy Powerhouse
Western Australia is the only state where emissions are still rising. We don’t need more polluting gas. We need leadership.
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Big Gas is destroying our planet
Big Gas is holding Australia’s economy hostage for their own profit — and they’re destroying the nature and oceans we love in the process. Tell Prime Minister Albanese to stand up to Big Gas.
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Email the CEOs of key companies in the BCA
Discover which major brands are doing the dirty work of Big Gas, and who is walking the talk on climate.
The problem
Woodside’s Burrup Hub is Australia’s biggest climate threat. Over its lifetime, the Burrup Hub will belch out 6.1 billion tonnes of climate pollution and would see up to 80 new gas wells drilled off the coast of Western Australia. This monstrous gas expansion could impact 12 different marine parks, including Ningaloo Reef. It would put 54 threatened species of marine life at risk and lock Australia into more fossil fuels as the rest of the world shifts to cleaner, cheaper renewable energy.
What is Greenpeace doing?
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has been fighting Woodside’s Burrup Hub since 2021. Greenpeace has confronted the fossil fuel giant at sea, outside its office, inside its AGM and called out Woodside online, in the news and in Parliament. 400,000 of us have signed a petition calling for Woodside to walk away from its Burrup Hub. We’ve exposed the trash it left in the ocean, 25,000 of us have emailed their MP calling for its plans to be stopped and we’re taking Woodside to court for misleading the public.
What is the Burrup Hub?
Woodside’s Burrup Hub gas project is Australia’s biggest climate threat. Woodside wants to exploit massive amounts of gas from under the ocean floor in northern Western Australia – with 85% slotted for export overseas as liquefied gas (LNG). The Burrup Hub includes the Scarborough and Browse offshore gas fields, a second processing train at the Pluto onshore gas processing facility, and a 50 year extension to the life of the North West Shelf onshore gas processing facility.
Is Woodside’s gas project bad for climate change?
Yes. Gas is a polluting fossil fuel that is responsible for climate change. It contains large amounts of methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gasses which traps 86 times more heat than carbon dioxide.
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report found that the world already has enough fossil fuel infrastructure to push us over 1.5˚C. To stave off the worst effects of climate change for people and nature, we must cut down our emissions and transition to clean energy – fast. Yet the Burrup Hub, if completed, would add 6.1 billion tonnes of climate pollution: 12 times Australia’s annual emissions.
What about wildlife and the oceans?
Woodside wants to drill over 80 gas wells in some of the world’s most biodiverse waters. 50 wells are planned to surround Scott Reef – some located as close as 2km from the edge of the reef. If an accident were to take place, it could impact up to 12 marine parks including Ningaloo Reef.
Woodside’s dredging, drilling and pipelaying would cut through whale migration routes and threaten nesting sites for endangered sea turtles. A spill at Browse could decimate corals at Australia’s magnificent Scott Reef, and reach as far as Indonesian waters. And the risks go on and on.
Your donation can help protect the oceans
You can help stop the biggest fossil fuel project currently proposed in Australia to protect precious whales, dolphins, turtles – and our climate – from devastation. Your regular gift, just once every four weeks, will ensure we have a stable base of funds to fight daily for a clean and safe future for our planet and all who call it home.
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Deeply disappointing: WA EPA will not assess risky carbon dumping in Browse Basin
PERTH, Tuesday 18 November 2025 — Two of Australia’s leading environmental organisations have said it’s “deeply disappointing” that the WA Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) will not assess Woodside’s high-risk, high-cost and unproven carbon dumping (Carbon Capture and Storage) plans at one of Western Australia’s most diverse and important reef systems.
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WA EPA opens referral of Woodside’s Browse Basin ‘carbon dumping’ plans for public comment
The Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has accepted a joint referral by the Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) and Greenpeace Australia Pacific (GPAP) on Woodside’s high-risk Browse Basin carbon…
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Turning Ocean Trash into Transition Treasure
Sitting off the North West Coast of Western Australia lies a strange abundance of material that could be a significant new industry for WA’s economy. No, it’s not more oil…
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Environment and Unions alliance calls for WA clean-up hub
PERTH, Monday 11 August 2025 – A new analysis released today by an alliance of unions and leading environmental organisations has recommended a nation-first ‘decommissioning hub’ be built in Western…
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Ocean Protector Lobby Trip to Save Scott Reef
On Monday 28th July, 17 amazing volunteers and 10 staff came from across the country to meet with our elected representatives in parliament on the issue of Saving Scott Reef.
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REPORT: WA Can’t Wait
Australia can’t wait. WA must lead the way by building a large-scale decommissioning hub for our environment, for jobs, and for a green energy future.
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REPORT: Risky Business. Woodside’s Burrup Hub is a disaster in the making.
Woodside’s Burrup Hub gas project is the nation’s biggest fossil fuel threat. If approved, it will jeopardise 54 vulnerable species, spew out 6.1 billion tonnes of CO2 and generate 13 times Australia’s annual emissions. Our Environment Minister has the power to stop this dangerous project from going ahead and define Labor’s legacy on nature.
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REPORT: “One Spill Will Kill”: A Disaster in the Making
Greenpeace Australia Pacific believes Woodside cannot be trusted when it comes to our oceans, reefs and marine life.
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REPORT: Blasting our Ocean: Woodside’s Dangerous Seismic Plan
Woodside Energy aims to start risky seismic surveying for its Scarborough gas project. The process uses underwater airguns to blast powerful sound waves towards the seabed to assess fossil fuel…
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BRIEFING: Woodside Investor Briefing
Woodside promotes itself heavily to the public and its investors as a positive contributor to the climate transition. However, its actions indicate otherwise, and expose the company and its investors to multiple risks. Greenpeace has significant concerns about how Woodside is managing this risk. Woodside’s actions also expose the company and its investors to short-term…
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REPORT: Deep-Sea Disaster, Why Woodside’s Burrup Hub project is too risky to proceed
A spill or accident at Woodside’s Burrup Hub gas project could release toxic gas and condensate of a similar consistency to crude oil into World Heritage listed marine parks, with…
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BRIEFING: Woodside Investor Briefing 2022
Greenpeace is concerned about Woodside’s current production plans and has identified 12 key risks associated with them.
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