All articles by Kimberley Bernard
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New Emissions Data Exposes Shocking Scale Of Woodside’s Burrup Hub Gas Project
New analysis released today has revealed that Woodside’s Burrup Hub is Australia’s biggest climate threat, belching out 6.1 billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions over its proposed 50-year lifetime. The new data from Greenpeace shows that the predicted emissions from Woodside’s Burrup Hub are far greater than all other proposed fossil fuel projects currently undergoing…
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Everyday Australians Defending Climate Where Govt Must Step Up On Burrup Hub
As everyday Australians fight to protect our future, Woodside and its climate-wrecking Burrup Hub project deserve far greater scrutiny, according to Greenpeace Australia Pacific. It comes following explosive allegations of Woodside’s governmental influence in Western Australia exposed in tonight’s episode of Four Corners - the ABC’s flagship investigative programme.
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Woodside Target Of International Greenpeace Protest
40 Greenpeace activists have protested against Woodside and its key German customer Uniper at Uniper's headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germany, calling for Uniper to stop buying Woodside’s gas due to the threat its Burrup Hub poses to oceans and the climate. Greenpeace Germany activists hung a 150 square metre banner with the slogan "Gas destroyed" (Gas…
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Greenpeace Applauds High Seas Treaty Commitment, But Warns Fossil Fuels Incompatible With Healthy Oceans
Greenpeace CEO David Ritter has applauded a historic commitment from the Australian government to protect the world’s oceans, but warned the expansion of fossil fuels is incompatible with a healthy marine environment. Speaking at the UN General Assembly Meeting in New York, Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced that Australia will sign the High Seas Treaty…
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Woodside Declares War On Whales With Seismic Blasting
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has today condemned fossil fuel giant Woodside following reports it will begin seismic blasting in endangered whale habitat off the coast of the Pilbara coast, Western Australia. Today the Australian Financial Review reported that Woodside could kick off seismic blasting as early as Thursday.
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Perth To Gather For Peaceful Vigil Against Woodside’s Destruction Of Oceans And Climate
Today the Perth community will gather for a peaceful candlelit vigil outside fossil fuel company Woodside’s headquarters to show their concern for vulnerable marine wildlife threatened by Woodside’s Burrup Hub gas expansion. The vigil has been organised by Greenpeace Australia Pacific and the Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) and is supported by the Wilderness Society,…
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Perth Community Blasts Woodside’s Seismic Blasting At Peaceful Vigil
Hundreds of people have gathered at Woodside’s headquarters in Perth to peacefully oppose the fossil fuel giant seismic blasting in Western Australian waters. About 250 people from the community and environmental groups turned out in Perth to voice their concern for Western Australia’s ocean and marine life at risk from Woodside’s work on its Burrup…
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Woodside’s ‘War On Whales’ Sparks Calls For Transparency After Calf Hit By Boat
Greenpeace Australia Pacific is calling for transparency from fossil fuel giant Woodside, after it was revealed a whale calf was hit by a tugboat operated by a Woodside contractor in the Port of Dampier. The collision, confirmed by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA), went unreported until a local reporter made inquiries.
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Woodside Starts Burrup Hub Dredging In Endangered Turtle Habitat
Footage of fossil fuel company Woodside dredging in endangered sea turtle habitat shows the company is a ‘clear and present danger’ to our oceans, says environmental group Greenpeace Australia Pacific. Greenpeace investigators used drones and satellite images to film and photograph Woodside dredging in the Dampier Archipelago, off the Pilbara coast in northern Western Australia.…
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Greenpeace vows to fight Woodside’s dangerous seismic blasting
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has vowed to use every means possible to stop Woodside, after the fossil fuel company’s controversial plan for seismic blasting in endangered whale habitat was approved by the offshore regulator NOPSEMA.