The Latest Breaking News from Woodside

Australia’s resources minister heaps warm praise on gas as industry PR spree masks doubts about future

Madeleine King says gas can help decarbonise the economy but not even big users of the fossil fuel are convinced

The Guardian - AU · Apr 13, 2023

Probe to find 'definitive answer' on emissions damage to rock art at Murujuga gas, fertiliser plants

Opinion remains divided about the impact of heavy industry on ancient rock art at Murujuga, but data from 22 new air quality monitors hopes to help clear up the "purely anecdotal" and unscientific findings to date.

ABC News · Apr 10, 2023

Industrial heavyweights call for urgent action on cutting Australia’s emissions

In joint statement companies say they are ‘ready to seize opportunity’ of decarbonisation and call on others to join them

The Guardian - AU · Apr 3, 2023

Alan Kohler: To defeat climate change, Australia must do the impossible

The climate argument between Labor and The Greens is as strange as the carbon-reduction target being impossible to meet.

The New Daily · Mar 5, 2023

WA's slow renewable energy transition raises doubts about whether coal power stations can close by 2029

New data shows the state received just 5 per cent of the renewable energy capacity that companies committed to last year, raising concerns about whether coal-fired power stations will be able to close at the end of the decade.

ABC News · Mar 4, 2023

Australian Indigenous group steps up campaign to protect sacred rock art

An Australian Indigenous group on Thursday stepped up its campaign against industrial development in Western Australia's Burrup Peninsula, a key gas export hub, saying in a protest in Sydney that planned projects would damage ancient rock art.

Reuters · Mar 2, 2023

Afternoon Update: Coalition minister admits making false statements about robodebt; Romanian PM’s AI adviser; and the best dishwashing liquid

Stuart Robert has told the royal commission he had ‘no choice’ but to give false statements to ABC

The Guardian - AU · Mar 2, 2023

Woodside claims its emissions are falling – but only by using the ‘last resort’ of offsets

A detailed reading of the company’s climate change report reveals a different picture from that of its headline claims

The Guardian - AU · Mar 1, 2023

Woodside accused of not taking carbon emission responsibilities seriously in new climate report

Climate action groups are warning some of the nation's biggest emitters face growing increasingly isolated from shareholders and industry groups if they do not act to reduce their carbon output.

ABC News · Feb 27, 2023

Afternoon Update: Woodside profit more than triples; ‘illegal’ strip search claims; and New York’s mountain of weed

Oil and gas giant’s underlying profit hits $7.7bn as energy prices surge in wake of Ukraine invasion

The Guardian - AU · Feb 27, 2023