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The Canopy is a weekday morning email newsletter provided by the team at Greenpeace Australia Pacific.
## [Climate change should have been considered in $3.6b Santos gas project](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/climate-change-should-have-been-considered-in-3.6b-santos-gas-project)
Friday, 8 March 2024
There is uncertainty around the future of the Santos Narrabri Gas Project after the Federal Court ruled the Native Title Tribunal should have considered climate change before issuing approval.
## [Lord Howe island faces major coral bleaching as ocean temperatures soar](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/lord-howe-island-faces-major-coral-bleaching-as-ocean-temperatures-soar)
Wednesday, 6 March 2024
Scientists fear excessive ocean heat – which is bleaching corals in parts of the Great Barrier Reef – is now hitting the world’s most southern coral reef at the World Heritage-listed Lord Howe island. There are also concerns ocean temperatures are reaching dangerous levels for corals at Australia’s...
## [World breaches 1.5C for a year for first time](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/world-breaches-1.5c-for-a-year-for-first-time)
Friday, 9 February 2024
For the first time, global warming has exceeded 1.5C across an entire year, according to the EU's climate service. Global temperatures through January were the warmest on record at 1.66C above pre-industrial levels. The temporary breach has sounded the alarm for more government and industry action...
## [World is already 1.7C warmer according to Puerto Rican sponge record](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/world-already-1.7c-warmer-according-to-puerto-rican-sponge-record)
Wednesday, 7 February 2024
Sea sponge records going back around 300 years suggest that the Earth is already 1.7 degrees Celsius warmer than the pre-industrial era. The new research predicts that global average surface temperatures could be 2C warmer by 2030,much sooner than previously thought, but not all climate scientists...
## [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...
## [Soaring fuel costs strengthen demand for a fuel efficiency standard](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/soaring-fuel-costs-strengthen-demand-for-a-fuel-efficiency-standard)
Thursday, 23 November 2023
New polling from the Climate Council has revealed that more than two-thirds of Australians are ditching the car more often to avoid paying for soaring fuel costs. Of the 1,150 Australians surveyed nationally, more than half feel that the Federal government’s long-awaited fuel efficiency standard...
## [Two-thirds of Australians back doctors' call for 'health trigger' for coal, gas projects](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/two-thirds-of-australians-back-doctors-call-for-health-trigger-for-coal-gas-projects)
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
## [Australia signs treaty with climate change impacted Tuvalu](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/australia-signs-treaty-with-climate-change-impacted-tuvalu)
Monday, 13 November 2023
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...
## [Major bank makes a deforestation commitment](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/major-bank-makes-a-deforestation-commitment)
Tuesday, 7 November 2023
Westpac has become the first big Australian bank to set a zero-deforestation target for loans to beef, dairy and sheep farmers with a commitment to no further conversion of natural forests to agricultural use from the end of 2025. The bank’s climate report also says it will no longer directly...
## [Emissions from Beetaloo gas grossly understated](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/emissions-from-beetaloo-gas-grossly-understated)
Tuesday, 31 October 2023
New analysis by Climate Analytics shows onshore emissions of proposed fracking in the Beetaloo Basin are understated by up to 84%, stating these emissions are estimated to add up to 11% of Australia’s 2021 emissions.
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