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title: Inside the car industry’s anti-climate lobbying push
description: The car industry has been driving a co-ordinated lobbying campaign among policymakers to limit emissions cuts from vehicles and to downplay the role of electric vehicles, government documents reveal.
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# Inside the car industry’s anti-climate lobbying push
Monday, 29 May 2023
[Inside the car industry’s climate lobbying push](https://www.smh.com.au/national/inside-the-car-industry-s-climate-lobbying-push-20230522-p5da61.html)
The car industry has been driving a co-ordinated lobbying campaign among policymakers to limit emissions cuts from vehicles and to downplay the role of electric vehicles, government documents reveal. This is “[a troubling indictment of the fossil fuel-powered car lobby’s continued efforts to sway policy-makers to weaken climate legislation](https://www.greenpeace.org.au/news/greenpeace-ap-to-policymakers-dont-cave-to-anti-climate-car-lobby/),” Greenpeace Australia Pacific said today.
[Woodside and other polluters littering our oceans](https://independentaustralia.net/environment/environment-display/woodside-and-other-polluters-littering-our-oceans,17559)
In addition to harming the climate, fossil fuel corporations such as Woodside are leaving abandoned machinery in our oceans, reports Greenpeace Australia Pacific CEO David Ritter.
[Austrade forum to promote links with oil giant Saudi Aramco condemned by activists](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/27/austrade-forum-to-promote-links-with-oil-giant-saudi-aramco-condemned-by-activists)
A government meet-and-greet to connect Australian industry with the world’s largest oil company, Saudi Aramco, has been criticised by Greenpeace Australia Pacific and environmental groups as “akin to a joint trade show with a tobacco major”.
[Seismic testing plans for Otway Basin prompt concerns for whales, dolphins and other wildlife](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-27/otway-basin-seismic-testing-warrnamool-whales/102397136)
A multinational gas and oil giant says it remains committed to consultation amid rising community and industry concerns over proposed seismic blast surveys for gas in the Otway Basin, off south-west Victoria.
[Could climate change make Darwin unliveable in 50 years?](https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2023/05/could-climate-change-make-darwin-unliveable-in-50-years/)New research suggests that, if the planet keeps warming at current rates, much of the top third of Australia could soon be too hot for people to live in.
[Australia steps in to stop countries watering down plastics pact](https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australia-steps-in-to-stop-countries-watering-down-plastics-pact-20230525-p5dbd6.html)The Australian government will intervene in an effort to save a global deal to end plastic pollution from unravelling, as some major world economies try to water down the agreement.
[Antarctic alarm bells: observations reveal deep ocean currents are slowing earlier than predicted](https://theconversation.com/antarctic-alarm-bells-observations-reveal-deep-ocean-currents-are-slowing-earlier-than-predicted-206289)
This slowdown has the potential to disrupt the connection between the Antarctic coasts and the deep ocean, with profound consequences for Earth’s climate, sea level and marine life.
[Pacific islands, in spotlight, to push climate change in South Korea summit](https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/pacific-islands-spotlight-push-climate-change-south-korea-summit-2023-05-27/)
Pacific island leaders will meet South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul on Monday, their third summit in a week with a large economy as the region seeks stronger action on climate change as it becomes a focus of geopolitical power attention.
[Can snow resorts survive climate change? It depends how much money you have](https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/can-snow-resorts-survive-climate-change-it-depends-how-much-money-you-have-20230525-p5db58.html)
Modelling by CSIRO predicts that under a low-risk scenario, the average snow season across Victoria and some of NSW will become 20 to 55 days shorter and, under a worst-case scenario, 30 to 80 days shorter.
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