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As WA Temperatures Smash Records, Woodside’s Gas Plans To Worsen Extreme Heat: Greenpeace AP
An approval of fossil giant Woodside Energy’s plans for the Burrup Hub gas project - Australia’s biggest climate threat - would only exacerbate extreme heat in WA, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said today. The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast yet another heatwave for Perth with Friday and Saturday expected to reach a top of 41C. “Heatwaves and extreme…
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Woodside Has Begun Seismic Blasting
Fossil fuel giant Woodside, has begun seismic blasting in the middle of whale migration season, just a few months after a Federal Court threw out its previous approval.
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Greenpeace Activists Scale 140-Metre Crane To Say “STOP WOODSIDE”
Greenpeace activists have today scaled a 140-metre crane next door to Woodside's headquarters, dropping a 25-metre banner reading "STOP WOODSIDE", calling out the fossil fuel giant as Australia's greatest climate threat. If completed, the Burrup Hub would produce gas until 2070 - a full 20 years after Australia is meant to reach net zero emissions -…
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Saving Scott Reef
This is Scott Reef, home to endangered whales and turtles and thousands of corals. Woodside wants to drill for climate-wrecking gas nearby.
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Woodside’s Dangerous Seismic Blasting Granted Shock Approval
Fossil fuel company Woodside Energy’s controversial plan to conduct seismic blasting in endangered whale habitat has been approved by the offshore regulator NOPSEMA, just two months after a Federal Court threw out its previous approval. On September 28th 2023, Federal Court Justice Craig Colvin ruled Woodside’s environmental plan for the Scarborough part of the company’s Burrup…
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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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Green Energy, Not Gas Key To WA’s Future
The following comments relating to today’s Energy Transition Summit in Perth are attributable to Jess Panegyres, Head of Clean Energy at Greenpeace Australia Pacific: “The $700-million dollar funding announced today by the Cook government in WA’s main electricity network is a fantastic investment that will help unlock the state’s ability to connect large-scale renewable energy…
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About Bloody Time: Woodside Forced To Finally Clean Toxic Ocean Mess
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has welcomed reports today that Woodside has FINALLY removed a toxic oil tower from the West Australian coastline. Greenpeace activists occupied the tower in April and demanded that the fossil fuel giant clean up its toxic waste. Woodside’s Nganhurra Riser Turret Mooring, an 83 metre long, 2,452 tonne discarded piece of industrial…
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Green Guardians: Whale watching
A Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Mother and Calf swim near Ningaloo Reef, Australia. The Western Australian coastline is a migration route for the Western Australian humpback whale population. Humpback whales undertake a consistent annual migration from high latitude Antarctic feeding grounds to low latitude breeding grounds.| Whale watching, by Glenn Barry, Green Guardian Ambassador &…
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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.