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The Canopy is a weekday morning email newsletter provided by the team at Greenpeace Australia Pacific.
## [Queensland approves mega coal mine that could double Australia’s emissions](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/queensland-approves-mega-coal-mine-that-could-double-australias-emissions)
Thursday, 8 February 2024
The Queensland government has approved the mega Winchester South coal mine project which environmentalists say poses unacceptable threats to the human rights of Queenslanders. The project will now go for federal approval, where it could become the biggest coal mine to be given the green light since...
## [Communities join forces to say Yes to renewables](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/communities-join-forces-to-say-yes-to-renewables)
Tuesday, 6 February 2024
[From Gippsland to the Illawarra regional communities gather to say Yes to renewables, community power, climate action](https://www.foe.org.au/from_gippsland_to_the_illawarra)Before the first Parliament sitting week of the year, regional communities have gathered around the country sending a strong message that Australians support renewable energy, and...
## [Are shark attacks on the rise and how can swimmers stay safe in Sydney?](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/are-shark-attacks-on-the-rise-and-how-can-swimmers-stay-safe-in-sydney)
Thursday, 1 February 2024
## [Greenpeace Australia Pacific files lawsuit against Woodside](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/greenpeace-australia-pacific-files-lawsuit-against-woodside)
Thursday, 14 December 2023
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has filed a lawsuit against fossil fuel giant Woodside in the Federal Court of Australia. The case could see Woodside held to account for allegedly misleading and/or deceiving the Australian public about the enormous climate harm of its gas and oil projects. If...
## [Cop28 draft climate deal criticised as ‘grossly insufficient’ and ‘incoherent’](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/countries-meet-to-break-climate-talk-deadlocks-at-co28-0)
Tuesday, 12 December 2023
**Top stories:**
A draft deal to cut global fossil fuel production is “grossly insufficient” and “incoherent” and will not stop the world from facing dangerous climate breakdown, according to delegates at the UN’s Cop28 summit. Some countries, including Samoa and Pacific Island states, are despairing...
## [Countries meet to break climate talk deadlocks at CO28](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/countries-meet-to-break-climate-talk-deadlocks-at-co28)
Monday, 11 December 2023
Nearly 200 countries have convened in *majlis* – a traditional meeting akin to an elders’ conference in the United Arab Emirates – in an attempt to reach consensus on various deadlocks amongst countries at COP, including on whether fossil fuels should be phased out or phased down. Australian climate...
## [UN slams COP28 ‘posturing’ amongst nations](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/un-slams-cop28-posturing-amongst-nations)
Thursday, 7 December 2023
Pressure is mounting near the end of the first week of the UN negotiations hosted by the oil-rich UAE, with Europe's climate monitor confirming that 2023 will be the hottest year in recorded history. The fate of oil, gas and coal -- the main drivers of human-caused planet heating -- has been the...
## [NSW to have electric vehicle chargers every 5km in metro areas](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/nsw-to-have-electric-vehicle-chargers-every-5km-in-metro-areas)
Wednesday, 6 December 2023
**NSW to have electric vehicle chargers every 5km in metro areas, 100km on highways**
## [Seismic testing reapproved at risk of deafening whales](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/seismic-testing-reapproved-at-risk-of-deafening-whales)
Monday, 4 December 2023
Woodside Energy has once again been given the all-clear to carry out seismic testing for its massive Scarborough project off the Pilbara coast after an earlier approval was ruled invalid by the Federal Court. Greenpeace Australia Pacific senior campaigner Sophie McNeill says the organisation is...
## [Native logging ban in Tasmania could save the state $72m](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/native-logging-ban-in-tasmania-could-save-the-state-72m)
Thursday, 30 November 2023
An analysis by think tank Blueprint Institute has recommended that the Tasmanian government immediately stop subsidising its forestry arm and announce logging will end in mid-2025 in a move which would not only value the state’s centuries-old trees as carbon storage but also save the state at least...
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