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WA Police charge climate activists

Thumping drums, plenty of police and a wheelchair-bound skeleton were on show outside Woodside’s annual general meeting on Friday. Two protesters have been charged with aggravated burglary after attempting to evacuate the building using non-toxic stench gas and smoke flares. 

Whales Not Woodside: Rainbow Warrior reaches Perth

Greenpeace made a bold entrance to Fremantle on Thursday as its colourful ship, the Rainbow Warrior, docked in the tourist town to draw attention to the gas giant Woodside’s deep-sea drilling plans in the west.

First Nations groups fear destruction of Burrup rock art

West Australian Premier Mark McGowan announced at a sod turning for Perdaman's new urea plant yesterday that it would be the last facility of its kind built on the world heritage nominated Burrup peninsula. However, this project will come at a cost to the preservation, protection and promotion of...

UN report highlights rapid climate breakdown

Record levels of greenhouse gases have caused “planetary scale changes on land, in the ocean and in the atmosphere”, a UN agency says in a report that shows the past eight years were the hottest ever recorded on Earth. Woodside, the largest Australian gas producer, is expecting a grilling from...

Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior to dock in Australia this weekend

Greenpeace’s most iconic ship, the Rainbow Warrior, arrives in Western Australia this weekend to join with local communities to protect our oceans and climate from fossil fuel company Woodside and its monstrous Burrup Hub gas project. We’re sailing the length of WA with a simple message: choose...

Climate crisis impacts youth mental health

A new report has found that one in four Australians aged 15 to 19 were "very or extremely concerned" about climate change. Nearly two in five of those people also experienced high psychological distress.

Australia revvs up on clean transport but true test comes next

The Australian government has promised to implement a Fuel Efficiency Standard to boost EV supply and cut at least 3 million tonnes of carbon by 2030, but this first step must be followed with a strong policy designed to deliver for Australian households and the climate, not big carmakers. 

Australia's energy transition at tipping point as AGL closes Liddell

AGL, Australia’s biggest climate polluter, this week started the fortnight-long process of closing its Liddell coal-burning power station, marking a win for the climate and a major tipping point for the country’s transition to clean, renewable energy. 

Climate activists halt Newcastle coal train

Dozens of climate activists linked to the climate defence group Rising Tide have been arrested after shovelling coal from a train bound for Newcastle, the world’s largest coal export port. The activists say civil disobedience is the only option while NSW was significantly expanding its coal...

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