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. 

While the Rainbow Warrior continues on its journey and “there has been immense progress on many fronts, today the future of a world capable of nurturing life in all of its magnificent diversity is on a knife edge, turning on our collective ability to act now, at emergency speed and scale,” writes Greenpeace Australia Pacific CEO David Ritter.

WA Police charge climate activists with planning gas attack on mining giant Woodside’s HQ
Two protesters have been charged and gas canisters seized after demonstrators targeted Woodside Energy’s annual general meeting. Police allege the pair intended to commit an act that could have impacted the safety of hundreds of people, but were intercepted before it happened and gas canisters were seized.

Climate activists, green groups ramp up action against Woodside Energy at company's AGM in Perth
Thumping drums, plenty of police and a wheelchair-bound skeleton were a dead giveaway the biggest event on Woodside investors' calendar wouldn't look much like the average company annual general meeting. With the clock said to be ticking for the world to avoid a "climate time-bomb" climate activists have been ramping up their efforts.

Fossil fuel company seeks to undo decades of whale conservation: David Ritter
While there has been immense progress on many fronts, today the future of a world capable of nurturing life in all of its magnificent diversity is on a knife edge, turning on our collective ability to act now, at emergency speed and scale, writes David Ritter.

The cost of the protest crackdown
In Western Australia, the pursuit of anti-Woodside climate protesters by the government and police echoes crackdowns in other states, where democratic rights are being trampled. By Jesse Noakes.

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Exxon doubles Australian profit on energy price boom
ExxonMobil’s Australian arm nearly doubled profits in the 2022 financial year amid booming oil and gas prices, the latest energy major to deliver earnings ahead of a potential tax crackdown on the sector by the Albanese ­government.

Origin joins with global giant RESS to seek offshore wind licences
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