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Cop27: Biden says leaders ‘can no longer plead ignorance’ over climate crisis

US president announces plan to cut methane emissions as he urges major economies to ‘step up’ efforts to keep global heating to 1.5C

The Guardian - US · Nov 11, 2022

Report: War-triggered gas boom threatens world climate goal

The planning and buildup of liquified and other natural gas would add 2 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (1.9 billion metric tons) a year to the air by 2030, according to a report released Thursday by Climate Action Tracker at international climate talks in Egypt

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2022

‘Major push’ for gas amid Ukraine war accelerating climate breakdown

Experts say world has ‘overreached’ in replacing Russian supply, which could kill 1.5C target

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2022

Global climate summit is heading for a geopolitical hurricane

The last time world leaders got together for a climate summit, the backdrop was thoroughly menacing. A pandemic had decimated national budgets. Poor countries were up in arms over the hoarding of COVID-19 vaccines by the same wealthy nations whose fossil fuel consumption did most to warm the planet. Relations…

Tribune News Service · Oct 24, 2022

Scientists say new US climate law is likely to reduce warming

Climate scientists say the new spending package that President Biden just signed will trim future warming a bit

The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2022

Albanese parrots a pro-coal talking point as Ampol offers ‘carbon neutral’ petrol

The PM spruiked the myth that Australia’s ‘quality’ coal was relatively clean – following in the footsteps of Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison

The Guardian - AU · Jul 28, 2022

Fifty-year extension for Australia’s biggest CO2 emitter attracts record number of appeals

Woodside’s gas processing facility in Western Australia’s Pilbara region attracts 759 appeals against it, up from the previous record of 170

The Guardian - AU · Jul 22, 2022

Most major nations lag in acting on climate-fighting goals

Most major countries are finding that it's easier to promise to fight climate change than to actually do it

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2022

Conservation group seeks injunction to stop Woodside gas project to protect Great Barrier Reef

A massive Woodside gas project approved in the Western Australia will contribute to damage to the Great Barrier Reef, conservation lawyers will argue.

ABC News · Jun 21, 2022

Scientists warn backing fossil fuel projects like Woodside's Scarborough will make meeting climate targets more difficult

Climate scientists are warning now is not the time to back big new gas developments, as the new Albanese government throws its support behind Woodside's mega Scarborough gas projects.

ABC News · Jun 9, 2022