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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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Campaign against Woodside goes global as Greenpeace takes aim at German gas customer
Greenpeace Germany has joined forces with Greenpeace Australia Pacific to take aim at energy company RWE, one of the only major customers earmarked by Woodside for its controversial Scarborough gas project, with activists protesting at RWE’s German offices slamming the risk to Australian marine wildlife posed by Woodside’s aggressive gas expansion plans.
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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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What is the Safeguard Mechanism?
The Safeguard Mechanism was introduced in 2016 by the Tony Abbot government. Now it’s being re-vamped – but we still need to make it tougher on big polluters like Woodside. The original Safeguard Mechanism policy, like today’s version, applies to Australia’s biggest polluters – largely gas, coal, mining and manufacturing . It was supposed to…
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As Western Australia sweats, Woodside rushes on Scarborough
It’s been a busy January for Woodside, the company behind what would be Australia’s largest-ever fossil fuel project Woodside’s gas pipelines in the Burrup hub region. Woodside Petroleum is planning to drill for gas in what would be the most climate polluting project Australia has ever had. Temperatures in the Pilbara, in the north of…
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The Fight Against WA Gas
Woodside are attempting to prioritise profits over our planet, with their Scarborough gas mining project. Greenpeace Asia Pacific are supporting the Conservation Council of Western Australia’s fight against the most climate-polluting project ever proposed in Australia. Greenpeace approaches the Soviet Soviet factory ship Dalniy Vostok and a harpoon ship. Bob Hunter stands at the bow…
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Wonders of Ningaloo Reef
Ningaloo Reef is among UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites, and one of only three located in Western Australia. This classification itself highlights the importance of Ningaloo Reef in sustaining the planet’s ecosystem. But let’s take a dive into some of the natural wonders of this reef. Greenpeace approaches the Soviet Soviet factory ship Dalniy…
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Woodside’s new Scarborough gas project is risky business
Many employees see Scarborough as the wrong path for Woodside The Scarborough gas project is a deep-sea gas mine project that will drill into the heart of prime marine habitat off Western Australia’s coast. This is a shocking and terrible idea – and many people working at Woodside feel the same way about this disaster-in-waiting.…
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Montara Oil Spill. The massive Australian oil spill you’ve probably never heard of
The Montara blowout is considered one of Australia’s worst environmental disasters. A whale and her calf in the Great Australian Bight. The Montara blowout is considered one of Australia’s worst environmental disasters and it should serve as a warning to those who think drilling in the Bight is a risk worth taking. In 2009, 220km…
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Macken Sense: Media Madness
Amid all the sound and fury generated by Gina Rinehart’s assault on the Fairfax board, the slashing of over 1,900 jobs from The Age, the SM and the AFR and the threat of hundreds if not thousands of jobs being lost at News Limited, it was easy to miss this announcement last week. For those…