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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...
## [Palau the first nation to ratify the High Seas Treaty](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/palau-the-first-nation-to-ratify-the-high-seas-treaty)
Thursday, 25 January 2024
Palau has become the first nation to officially approve and sanction the UN High Seas Treaty at the UN headquarters in New York, with Chile now soon to follow after its Senate voted unanimously in favour of ratifying the historic conservation agreement. Together, they are the first two of the 60...
## [Closure of Australia’s biggest coal-fired plant no threat to power](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/closure-of-australias-biggest-coal-fired-plant-no-threat-to-power)
Friday, 19 January 2024
As the New South Wales government decides on whether to extend the life of Australia’s biggest coal-fired power station, a new report has revealed closing Eraring in mid-2025 would not cause blackouts. The report’s author found progress made on new renewable energy and battery capacity in NSW...
## [Woodside Energy’s partnership deals in the air](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/woodside-energys-partnership-deals-in-the-air)
Thursday, 18 January 2024
The West Australian Symphony Orchestra has refused to be drawn on the future of its long-standing relationship with oil and gas giant Woodside amid revelations its partnership deal lapsed and is yet to be renewed. Amidst recent moves by other organisations to cut sponsorship ties including Fringe...
## [Tiwi Islanders lose bid to prevent Santos’ Barossa gas project](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/tiwi-islanders-lose-bid-to-prevent-santos-barossa-gas-project)
Tuesday, 16 January 2024
Gas giant Santos has been granted permission to resume laying an underwater pipeline for its $5.7 billion Barossa gas project in the Timor Sea, north of Darwin. This ruling comes following months of legal arguments from Tiwi Islanders that Santos' cultural heritage survey had not properly addressed...
## [Knitting nannas successfully challenge part of NSW protest laws](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/knitting-nannas-successfully-challenge-part-of-nsw-protest-laws)
Friday, 15 December 2023
**We will be taking a break over the festive season with The Canopy resuming on Monday 15th January. From all of us at Greenpeace Australia Pacific we wish you a safe and happy holiday season. **
## [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...
## [Santos attempts to discredit Tiwi Island elders dreaming stories](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/santos-attempts-to-discredit-tiwi-island-elders-dreaming-stories)
Friday, 8 December 2023
Fossil fuel giant Santos has accused Tiwi Island elders of altering dreaming stories to block its $5.6 billion Barossa gas project. Tiwi Islander knowledge about the movements and resting places of two significant ancestral beings has been at the centre of the latest chapter of a Federal Court...
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