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Woodside’s Browse project is a climate wrecker
Check out Midnight Oil’s mic drop moment Playing to full crowds in Perth, Canberra, and Sydney, with Woodside management and politicians in attendance, the rock legends stopped their show mid-way through to slam Woodside’s Burrup Hub gas project – and its newest phase, Browse. Iconic protest band Midnight Oil had a stellar mic drop moment…
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Safeguard Mechanism Must End “Free Pass To Pollute”: Greenpeace
The Federal Government’s review of the Safeguard Mechanism, which regulates climate pollution from Australian corporations, must draw a line in the sand under the free pass to pollute that fossil fuel companies currently enjoy, urges Greenpeace Australia Pacific. Greenpeace Australia Pacific’s submission to the Federal Safeguard Mechanism review calls for a climate-science aligned emissions reduction…
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Woodside’s Final Browse Plan Shows Why This Toxic Project Must Be Stopped
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has condemned the “unacceptable” climate and environmental impacts listed in Woodside’s final Environmental Impact Statement for its Browse gas field, saying that it confirms why this toxic offshore drilling project must not go ahead. The Browse Environmental Impact Statement confirms that the gas field will produce approximately 1.6 billion tonnes of climate…
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Climate Bill Is A Start, But Now The Work Begins In Earnest
Greenpeace Australia Pacific welcomes the passage of the Albanese Government’s Climate Bill through the Senate as a first step that must be followed by urgent practical action to tackle the climate crisis. Sam Regester, Campaigns Manager for Greenpeace Australia Pacific, said: “This is an important day for Australia, and one which we hope will mark…
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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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Woodside’s Temporary Profit High Underscored By Mounting Climate Risk
Gas company Woodside’s temporary profit high is underscored by mounting climate risk, as environmental and market pressure grows around the company’s controversial Burrup Hub gas project, says Greenpeace Australia Pacific. Woodside posted first-half profits of $1.64 billion today but Greenpeace Australia Pacific Head of Clean Transitions Jess Panegyres warned investors that Woodside’s financial spike is…
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What is the North West Shelf – and why does it matter?
Community and legal opposition to the Burrup Hub is surging. You might have heard us celebrating a record number of appeals lodged last month against Woodside’s North West Shelf extension to 2070. So what does it all mean, and why does it matter?
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Woodside’s Pluto 2 LNG Train Can Still Come Off The Rails
Woodside has broken ground on a second LNG train at its Pluto gas processing facility on the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia but the company’s plans are far from on track, with Woodside facing two legal challenges and still lacking crucial environmental approvals, Greenpeace Australia Pacific says. Pluto Train 2 will be the second train…
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Greenpeace Activists In Germany Protest Troubled Uniper Over Woodside Gas Support
Overnight Greenpeace activists in Dusseldorf protested against German energy giant Uniper’s plans to buy gas from Woodside Energy’s controversial Scarborough project in Western Australia. The protest, which saw activists playing recordings of whale songs and holding up signs reading “UNIPER: Choose whales not Woodside!”, took place on the day Uniper published its interim report detailing…
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“No New Gas”: Greenpeace Activists In Germany Block Pipeline Shipments Bound For Woodside’s Destructive WA Gas Project
Greenpeace activists at the German port of Brake have blocked a ship carrying pipelines slated to be delivered to Western Australia for use in Woodside Energy’s Scarborough offshore gas project and painted the words “no new gas” on the side of the vessel. Around 20 activists blocked the freighter Emma Oldendorff, which was carrying pipes…