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The Canopy is a weekday morning email newsletter provided by the team at Greenpeace Australia Pacific.
## [Fuel efficiency standard needed to incentivise EVs](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/fuel-efficiency-standard-needed-to-incentivise-evs)
Friday, 20 October 2023
Some of Australia's most popular car brands have scored poor marks in a report ranking traditional automakers on their climate credentials and progress on delivering low-emission vehicles. Greenpeace Australia Pacific Campaigner Joe Rafalowicz said the report underlined the need for the government...
## [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...
## [Spring temperature records shattered already](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/spring-temperature-records-shattered-already)
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Temperature records for the start of spring have been shattered in parts of Australia as cloudless skies across the continent have heated the air that is now lingering over eastern capital cities, setting the nation up for what is expected to be a long and hot summer.
## [Woodside is about to start seismic blasting](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/woodside-is-about-to-start-seismic-blasting)
Thursday, 7 September 2023
Greenpeace Australia Pacific has condemned fossil fuel giant Woodside following reports it will begin seismic blasting as soon as today in endangered whale habitat off the Pilbara coast in Western Australia.
## [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...
## [There she blows: Mega Southern Ocean wind farm zone unveiled](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/there-she-blows-mega-southern-ocean-wind-farm-zone-unveiled)
Wednesday, 28 June 2023
[**There she blows: Mega Southern Ocean wind farm zone unveiled**](https://app.meltwater.com/mwTransition?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.smh.com.au%2Fpolitics%2Ffederal%2Fthere-she-blows-mega-southern-ocean-wind-farm-zone-unveiled-20230627-p5djtu.html&urlCategories=newsLtd&analytics=false&documentId=zsCTx-Xv53y2W7Qr-NMptkWTMfg&transitionToken=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJob3N0bmFtZSI6Ind3dy5zbWguY29tLmF1In0.dLrErlrnr5ygrw6r9BmLnD1I0aNYVH93_YJo5EofLTHngNTsac5xMwvusd5MeI2-ZEAd-GcYmYdqdbniemYuyQ)About 200 kilometres of Southern Ocean coastline could be unlocked to become an offshore wind farm zone stretching from Warrnambool in Victoria to Port MacDonnell in South Australia – potentially creating 3000 ongoing jobs in the region....
## [Toyota Shareholders Reject Climate Change Resolution](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/toyota-shareholders-reject-climate-change-resolution)
Friday, 16 June 2023
Toyota shareholders have rejected a resolution that called for greater transparency on the company's climate change efforts. The resolution would have enshrined a requirement for Toyota Motor Corporation to disclose its climate change related lobbying activities in its articles of incorporation.
## [Scary warning about planet-warming El Nino](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/scary-warning-about-planet-warming-el-nino)
Monday, 12 June 2023
[**Scary warning about planet-warming El Nino**](https://app.meltwater.com/mwTransition?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news.com.au%2Ftechnology%2Fenvironment%2Fscary-warning-about-planetwarming-el-nino%2Fnews-story%2F331a30b5a80295273f5eaec2441f4267&urlCategories=newsLtd&analytics=false&documentId=QsIhZ5EFsP4d7GaO7GG8wA59rGo&transitionToken=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJob3N0bmFtZSI6Ind3dy5uZXdzLmNvbS5hdSJ9._9eIk96tIPNTjXwzMngn8CFnjBniEWEG71sNjH2GiqhhnqHvoch0hnhg2EgYcYnFoZnfeMpFAgXVacvMtxi1Pg)El Nino — the sibling of the dreaded La Nina climate driver — has arrived and experts warn it will likely make 2024 the “hottest year in history”. US scientists declared this week that the natural weather event had begun in the Pacific Ocean, warning that...
## [Plastic bag ban is paying off for Sydney Harbour](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/plastic-bag-ban-is-paying-off-for-sydney-harbour)
Thursday, 8 June 2023
Seabin - an environmental project that filters the water in Sydney Harbour to capture microplastics and large plastics - has observed a 70% reduction in lightweight plastic bags floating in the harbour. The company’s CEO says that this shows the staggering impact of an enforced ban on lightweight...
## [Greenpeace call for removal of Woodside's sunken gas mooring tower 'decaying' on ocean floor](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/greenpeace-call-for-removal-of-woodsides-sunken-gas-mooring-tower-decaying-on-ocean-floor)
Wednesday, 17 May 2023
Environmental activist organization Greenpeace is insisting that Woodside, an oil and gas company, must promptly remove a submerged gas tower located near the Western Australian coastline. Greenpeace CEO David Ritter expressed the "outright arrogance" displayed by fossil fuel owners of the tower in...
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