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Climate protest causes evacuation of Woodside HQ

Two thousand Woodside employees were evacuated from the company’s headquarters in Perth after a faux gas leak organised by those campaigning against its $50 billion Burrup Hub projects. This is the latest in a long series of actions against Woodside and its plans to prolong and expand gas...

Crackdown on environmental activists in Western Australia

A Western Australian journalist who was taking photos of the removal of ancient rock art from the site of a fertiliser plant says she was repeatedly stopped by police and eventually had the images seized during a raid. The police action comes amid a crackdown on environmental activists in the state.

WA Police charge climate activists

Thumping drums, plenty of police and a wheelchair-bound skeleton were on show outside Woodside’s annual general meeting on Friday. Two protesters have been charged with aggravated burglary after attempting to evacuate the building using non-toxic stench gas and smoke flares. 

Whales Not Woodside: Rainbow Warrior reaches Perth

Greenpeace made a bold entrance to Fremantle on Thursday as its colourful ship, the Rainbow Warrior, docked in the tourist town to draw attention to the gas giant Woodside’s deep-sea drilling plans in the west.

UN report highlights rapid climate breakdown

Record levels of greenhouse gases have caused “planetary scale changes on land, in the ocean and in the atmosphere”, a UN agency says in a report that shows the past eight years were the hottest ever recorded on Earth. Woodside, the largest Australian gas producer, is expecting a grilling from...

Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior to dock in Australia this weekend

Greenpeace’s most iconic ship, the Rainbow Warrior, arrives in Western Australia this weekend to join with local communities to protect our oceans and climate from fossil fuel company Woodside and its monstrous Burrup Hub gas project. We’re sailing the length of WA with a simple message: choose...

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