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A greater glider has been spotted in Deongwar state forest

After 25-years logging and bushfires, a greater glider has been spotted in Deongwar state forest. Deongwar state forest contains 4,700 hectares of intact remnant native bushland and is a key wildlife corridor, connecting large tracts of nearby forest. But in March the logging stopped.

AustralianSuper joins protest vote against Woodside’s climate plans

Australia’s biggest superannuation fund has joined a protest vote against Woodside Energy’s failure to do more to address the climate crisis, saying it has ‘ongoing concerns’ about how the country’s biggest oil and gas company will reach net zero emissions by 2050.

Woodside’s Goyder under pressure amidst shareholder backlash on climate

Britain’s biggest asset manager says it will vote to remove Richard Goyder as chairman of Australian oil and gas giant Woodside as shareholder backlash continues building against the board for refusing to do more to tackle global warming ahead of the company’s annual investor meeting next week.An...

CSIRO survey reveals nationwide attitudes towards the renewables transition

Australia’s national science agency has released a survey on nationwide attitudes towards the renewable energy transition, which reveals that almost nine out of every ten Australians want a faster or moderate transition to clean energy. Many respondents have cited energy affordability,...

Woodside among top 100 greenhouse gas emitters since Paris agreement

A mere 57 fossil fuel producers are directly linked to 80% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions since the 2016 Paris climate agreement, a study has shown. West Australian gas giant Woodside comes in the top 100 of the world’s biggest polluters, with the analysis showing Woodside has increased...

Kim Beazley urges Tanya Plibersek to reject Woodside LNG plant extension

Kim Beazley urges Tanya Plibersek to reject Woodside LNG plant extension. The former Labor leader has joined other ALP luminaries in calling on the federal environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, to protect culturally important Indigenous rock art on Western Australia’s Burrup peninsula by refusing...

Queensland approves mega coal mine that could double Australia’s emissions

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...

‘Software glitch’ broke Woodside pipeline, now 400 people out of work

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...

Woodside’s Scarborough pipeline at the centre of dangerous offshore incidents

Woodside Energy’s installation of a vital offshore gas pipeline for its $18 billion Scarborough gas project has been halted following a serious incident on Monday night which ripped a gaping hole in the pipeline. This comes on the heels of another incident reported by unnamed sources earlier this...

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