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 outback cattle station in Queensland the size of Yosemite Park which has been found to contain 34 ecosystems has been acquired for conservation by the Queensland government and the Nature Conservancy following an anonymous $21m donation.

Northern corroboree frogs have been spotted for the first time in five years in Namadgi National Park by ACT government ecologists. The species is listed as critically endangered and the government has been attempting to restore their population in the park for more than a decade. 

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Top UK fund turns up heat on Goyder as Woodside faces climate revolt
Britain’s biggest asset manager says it will vote to remove Richard Goyder as chairman of Australian oil and gas giant Woodside as a shareholder backlash continues building against the board for refusing to do more to tackle global warming.

300,000ha Queensland cattle station acquired for conservation
A Queensland outback cattle station the size of Yosemite national park, including key habitat for the elusive night parrot, has been acquired for conservation after an anonymous donation of $21m.

Critically endangered northern corroboree frogs spotted in Namadgi National Park for the first time in five years
For the first time in five years, the critically endangered northern corroboree frog has been spotted in Namadgi National Park by ACT government ecologists. 

‘Light the way’: The SEC says it will be bold in getting more energy projects built
The revived State Electricity Commission will invest in projects the private market is still unsure about as it tries to close a huge gap in the amount of renewable energy needed by 2035 and the current rate of construction.

More EV drivers embracing outback roads amid plan to expand Queensland's charger network
Fifty-five public charging stations are now switched on across rural and remote Queensland with a growing number of EV drivers now taking to the open road.

Queen bumblebees surprise scientists by surviving underwater
Surprising study findings show that bumblebees can survive days underwater, suggesting they could withstand increased floods brought on by climate change that threaten their winter hibernation burrows.