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The real reason people are obsessed with stopping Woodside
Last week, WA Premier Roger Cook asked “what is it about people’s obsession with Woodside?” Let us tell you.
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James Price Point and the fight to protect the Kimberley from new gas
With birthing grounds of the largest Humpback Whale population, corals and fish to match the Great Barrier Reef, the Kimberley is like nowhere else on Earth. Despite its international significance it’s still not safe from the fossil fuel industry. ||Oil and gas exploration well pad encroaching on the King Sound mangrove system © Damian Kelly|‘Protect…
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Looking for Griffin
We set off at 7am, a little after sunrise. The waters were surprisingly calm – unlike my stomach, which was churning with excitement. We were looking for something no one had seen for a decade: a massive riser turret mooring, the size of an apartment block. For 25 years, it had been used to exploit…
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Ningaloo Reef is a World Heritage treasure
The whale shark, the world’s biggest fish, is what draws people to UNESCO World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Marine Park. These gentle giants congregate at Ningaloo, nestled on the Western Australian coastline near Exmouth, between March and August each year, thrilling thousands of visitors and fuelling the area’s booming tourism industry. A Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) swims…
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Welcome to Shark Bay
Shark Bay, located at the most westerly point of Australia, is one of a handful of marine World Heritage sites across the globe. It’s home to some of the planet’s most extraordinary creatures, including the oldest lifeforms on Earth, as well as dugongs, turtles and, of course, sharks.
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The Abrolhos Islands: Coral Refuge
Often described as the Galapagos Islands of the Indian Ocean, there are few places in Australia wilder than the remote Houtman Abrolhos Islands, a marine archipelago of 210 islands off the coast of Geraldton, Western Australia. Greenpeace oceans campaigner Franzi Saalmann inspecting coral at Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia.| The Abrolhos Islands are a biodiversity hotspot,…
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Whale Spotting in Perth Canyon with Dr Olaf Meynecke
Most tourists who visit Perth make it out to Rottnest Island to visit the cute quokkas and marvel at the island’s lonely wind turbine, which once attracted the wrath of former Prime Minister Tony Abbott. But just beyond Rottnest lies a much less-explored region - Perth Canyon, one of the best places in the world to…
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Woodside’s Sinking Toxic Oil Tower
Woodside, Australia’s biggest gas company, has a big problem that it’s trying to hide, and they’re looking to hide it in one of our most precious ocean environments. We recently uncovered that Woodside has dumped a rusty, dilapidated oil tower near UNESCO World Heritage listed Ningaloo reef off the West Australian coast – and it’s…
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Pygmy blue whales: Six fascinating facts about Australia’s smallest big whale
You've heard of the largest animal on the planet, the blue whale, but what about its smaller cousin the Pygmy Blue Whale?
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Submit your comment to help stop Woodside’s climate destruction
Now’s our chance to challenge Woodside’s 50-year gas extension We just heard that Tanya Plibersek, the federal Environment Minister, is reviewing Woodside’s bid to extend its dirty gas processing facility to 2070. That means we have until 24 November to flood the environment department with public comments on the dangerous climate impacts of Woodside’s North…