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The Canopy is a weekday morning email newsletter provided by the team at Greenpeace Australia Pacific.
## [Decision to come on controversial mining lease](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/decision-to-come-on-controversial-mining-lease)
Tuesday, 29 August 2023
A trio of judges will soon deliver a decision over a controversial mining lease that protesters say was made only to block them from a key access road in the Tarkine, where their concerted protest against a proposed tailings dam continues to unfold.
## [Activists prevented from speaking out about Woodside](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/activists-prevented-from-speaking-out-about-woodside)
Thursday, 24 August 2023
Four activists have been hit with violence restraining orders that their lawyer says prevents them from making any public reference to Woodside’s CEO and effectively stops them from speaking out about the company.
## [Labor doesn’t commit to native forest logging ban](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/labor-doesnt-commit-to-native-forest-logging-ban)
Friday, 18 August 2023
The Albanese government has rejected an internal push to ban native forest logging, instead committing to rewrite the three-decades-old national forest policy statement this term. Labor Environment Action Network spokesperson, Felicity Wade, praised the commitment but labelled native forest logging...
## [Warm July breaks records as climate crisis accelerates](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/warm-july-breaks-records-as-climate-crisis-accelerates)
Thursday, 17 August 2023
Dozens of longstanding temperature records tumbled across Australia during a warm July, as scientists warn the climate crisis is accelerating. Across the country maximum temperatures were overall about 1.2C above the long-term averages in July.
## [Cutting down of ancient Tasmanian tree labelled a “national disgrace”](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/cutting-down-of-ancient-tasmanian-tree-labelled-a-national-disgrace)
Wednesday, 16 August 2023
Pictures of a massive, centuries-old tree on the back of a logging truck in Tasmania have sparked calls from environmentalists for the Prime Minister to visit the area to see damage being inflicted on native forests.Meanwhile in Victoria, a sacred Indigenous birthing tree that was once at the...
## [NSW ranked last in forest protection](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/nsw-ranked-last-in-forest-protection)
Friday, 4 August 2023
The New South Wales Government has ranked last behind every state, territory and even the federal government in combating deforestation. It comes as protesters lock themselves to machinery to disrupt logging in Newry State Forest, within the proposed area for the state government's promised Great...
## [Gumbaynggirr Elders lead a demonstration against native forest logging](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/gumbaynggirr-elders-lead-a-demonstration-against-native-forest-logging)
Thursday, 3 August 2023
Gumbaynggirr Elders are leading a demonstration against the logging of over 2,000ha of native forest near Coffs Harbour, home to an active koala population and multiple cultural sites of significance.
## [Duty of care to young people over climate impacts](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/duty-of-care-to-young-people-over-climate-impacts)
Monday, 31 July 2023
Following years of advocacy from young people, independent Senator David Pocock will today introduce a Private Senator’s bill to impose a duty of care on politicians to protect young people from climate harm.
## [Woodside legal action against climate protestors “a bit on the nose”](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/woodside-legal-action-against-climate-protestors-a-bit-on-the-nose)
Friday, 28 July 2023
Fossil fuel giant Woodside is threatening legal action against two climate activists after one let off stench gas inside its Perth headquarters. Greenpeace Australia Pacific CEO David Ritter said threatening to sue the activist over the gas prank was “a bit on the nose” considering the threat...
## [Santos plans to resume gas project in Timor Sea](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/santos-plans-to-resume-gas-project-in-timor-sea)
Friday, 21 July 2023
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