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Seismic testing reapproved at risk of deafening whales

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...

RACGP backs duty of care bill for climate change harms

RACGP backs duty of care bill for climate change harms. Australia’s largest representative body for GPs has thrown its support behind a duty of care bill requiring the Federal Government to protect young people from climate change harms in decision-making.

New data exposes shocking scale of Woodside's Burrup Hub

Planned gas developments on Western Australia’s Burrup Hub led by fossil fuel giant Woodside could result in twice as much greenhouse gas being emitted as any other Australian fossil fuel development up for approval, according to an analysis by Greenpeace.In a stunning photo essay,...

Climate activists to fight conspiracy charges

A group of climate activists will fight conspiracy charges in court this week after counter-terrorism police intercepted them as they arrived at Woodside CEO Meg O’Neill’s home on 1 August with an ABC camera crew.

WA fails to back state premier’s gas claims

Western Australia’s premier has claimed at a WA energy transition summit that expanding the state’s gas industry – and increasing its greenhouse gas pollution in the short term – will be good for the planet as it will lead to a “dramatic reduction” in global emissions. Yet, the state government has...

Australia signs treaty with climate change impacted Tuvalu

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a new pact with the low-lying island country of Tuvalu, allowing residents facing displacement the ability to resettle in Australia. The agreement comes as Tuvalu's viability is threatened by rising sea levels caused by escalating climate change, with...

Top management consultancy McKinsey undermining global climate action

The world's top management consultancy McKinsey & Company is using its position as a key advisor to the UN's COP28 climate talks to push the interests of its big oil and gas clients, undermining efforts to end the use of the fossil fuels driving global warming, according to multiple sources and...

Misinformation puts potential wind energy industry at risk

A wave of political rhetoric and alleged misinformation around the impacts of offshore wind farms on whales has led to fears that a potential wind energy industry off the coast of the Illawarra and Hunter regions could be derailed before it properly begins. Greenpeace says that exploration for and...

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