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The Canopy is a weekday morning email newsletter provided by the team at Greenpeace Australia Pacific.
## [Twenty-nine pilot whales dead after mass stranding on WA beach](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/twenty-nine-pilot-whales-dead-after-mass-stranding-on-wa-beach)
Monday, 29 April 2024
Authorities are rushing to save more than 150 whales from a mass stranding at a beach in Western Australia’s south-west. Four pods have spread across roughly 500 metres at Toby Inlet near Dunsborough and 29 of these have died, Parks and Wildlife Service Western Australia confirmed.“There are 20...
## [BOM's first winter forecast for 2024 declares it could be one of Australia's warmest on record](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/boms-first-winter-forecast-for-2024-declares-it-could-be-one-of-australias-warmest-on-record)
Friday, 12 April 2024
The Bureau of Meteorology's first winter forecast of 2024 has confidently declared one of the warmest on record throughout Australia.Australia could meet an “ambitious” target to cut national greenhouse gases by at least 65% and up to 75% by 2035, according to an initial assessment by the Albanese...
## [Australia is a hotspot for toxic forever chemicals](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/australia-is-a-hotspot-for-toxic-forever-chemicals)
Tuesday, 9 April 2024
High levels of so-called forever chemicals have been found in surface and groundwater all over the world, with Australia one of several hotspots for toxic PFAS, a University of New South Wales study has found.
## [Australia's third offshore wind zone declared in the Southern Ocean](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/australias-third-offshore-wind-zone-declared-in-the-southern-ocean)
Thursday, 7 March 2024
The Australian government has officially declared Australia's third offshore wind zone which will span 1,030-square-kilometres in the Southern Ocean off the coast of Victoria. Although it is a fifth of the size that was originally proposed, its proponents say that it has the potential to generate...
## [‘Software glitch’ broke Woodside pipeline, now 400 people out of work](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/software-glitch-broke-woodside-pipeline-now-400-people-out-of-work)
Friday, 2 February 2024
Construction workers on a 330 metre-long vessel installing a pipeline for Woodside have been told there will be no work for weeks while a gaping hole - likely caused by a “software anomaly” - is fixed.Tanya Plibersek is being urged to block the ‘climate-wrecking’ Vulcan South coal mine in...
## [RACGP backs duty of care bill for climate change harms](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/racgp-backs-duty-of-care-bill-for-climate-change-harms)
Wednesday, 29 November 2023
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](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/new-data-exposes-shocking-scale-of-woodsides-burrup-hub)
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
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,...
## [Torres Strait elders join students at School Strike 4 Climate](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/torres-strait-elders-join-students-at-school-strike-4-climate)
Friday, 17 November 2023
Thousands of students will take to the streets today for the School Strike 4 Climate as Torres Strait Islander people desperately hope the message cuts through to the government. Torres Strait Islander elders Pabai Pabai and Paul Kabai are in Melbourne for hearings in the landmark court case they...
## [Climate Council oceans report says seas are warming faster, calls for end to fossil fuel projects](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/climate-council-oceans-report-says-seas-are-warming-faster-calls-for-end-to-fossil-fuel-projects)
Wednesday, 8 November 2023
Australian and international scientists have warned ecosystems such as the Great Barrier Reef will not recover from the effects of climate change unless fossil fuels are reduced within the next decade. The Climate Council on Wednesday released its first oceans report, which said the rate of climate...
## [Australia’s High Court overturns Victoria’s EV taxes](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/australias-high-court-overturns-victorias-ev-taxes)
Thursday, 19 October 2023
In a landmark ruling, Australia’s High Court has ditched Victoria’s controversial tax on electric and hybrid vehicles in finding that it was unconstitutional. This finding has set a precedent that will stop other states from introducing similar taxes that would slow the transition and hinder...
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