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title: Greenpeace calls for Federal Government to act on Woodside project
description: Greenpeace has called for the federal government to intervene on Woodside's proposal to extend the North West Shelf for another 50 years.
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# Greenpeace calls for Federal Government to act on Woodside project
Tuesday, 12 September 2023
[**Former WA Premier pressures Environmental Protection Authority on climate rules**](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-11/roger-cook-not-privy-to-mark-mcgowan-epa-call-but-backs-industry/102840618)
Greenpeace has called for the federal government to intervene on Woodside's proposal to extend the North West Shelf for another 50 years. It follows WA's Premier Roger Cook backing of the state's resources industry amid revelations his predecessor Mark McGowan pressured the environmental watchdog to withdraw emissions guidance.
[**Biden says global warming topping 1.5 degrees in the next 10 to 20 years is scarier than nuclear war**](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/11/biden-global-warming-even-more-frightening-than-nuclear-war.html)
The global temperature rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius in the next two decades is scarier than a nuclear war, said President Joe Biden on Sunday. “That’d be real trouble. There’s no way back from that,” Biden said.
[**“Re-industrialise the nation:” Australia urged to provide $100 bn in clean energy initiatives**](https://reneweconomy.com.au/re-industrialise-the-nation-australia-urged-to-provide-100-bn-in-clean-energy-initiatives/)
The Smart Energy Council, Rewiring Australia, the ACTU and others are calling for a $100 billion investment in clean energy technology over the next 10 years, to counter the enormous spending already committed internationally.
[**Opinion: The heat is on**](https://www.themonthly.com.au/the-politics/daniel-james/2023/09/11/heat)
“With tragic climate-driven events occurring in the northern hemisphere, it raises the question: why isn’t the Australian media a little more concerned about our collective impending doom, and why the hell does the Australian government keep approving the opening of new coalmines?”, writes Daniel James.
[**Need for 'fair dinkum' emission plans, climate literacy**](https://thewest.com.au/business/need-for-fair-dinkum-emission-plans-climate-literacy-c-11872988)
Australia needs more ambitious plans to reduce carbon emissions to avoid embarrassing itself on the world stage as host of climate talks, business leaders say. A recent Carbon Market Institute survey found almost two-thirds of respondents support Australia hosting international talks with Pacific partners in 2026.
[**Hidden ocean acidification threatens the Pacific. Now there's a plan to stop 'flying blind'**](https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-09-12/ocean-acidification-pacific-marine-environment-climate-change/102630998)
Many Pacific Island nations have historically lacked the resources to monitor the scale of the problem of ocean acidification in their own waters. But now Fijian scientists are helping to establish a network of scientists to turn this around.
[**Why your perception of climate change threats might depend on where you live – new research**](https://theconversation.com/why-your-perception-of-climate-change-threats-might-depend-on-where-you-live-new-research-212888)
New research shows there is a contrast in how people in different locations perceive the threat of climate change, largely along urban and rural lines. Where people in rural areas showed higher degrees of place attachment than people living in cities, the perceived threat of climate change in the most rural locations was lower.
[**Banks spending trillions to finance causes of climate crisis in Global South: report**](https://www.corporateknights.com/category-finance/banks-finance-causes-climate-change-global-south/)
Banks are shelling out more than US$500 billion a year to finance the largest contributors to climate change in the Global South, a region that is especially vulnerable to the roiling weather disasters gripping the planet.
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