ACF bid to halt Scarborough gas project The Australian Conservation Foundation has asked a court to halt progress on the Scarborough gas project off Western Australia until reef impacts are assessed. AAP · Jun 21, 2022
First Nations group join Darwin festival protest over fossil fuel sponsorship Open letter to festival board says Santos’ involvement threatens cultural integrity and amounts to ‘artswashing’ The Guardian - AU · Jun 15, 2022
How your spiking energy bills are making foreign investors rich Australia's oil and gas resources are overwhelmingly exploited by global multinationals and most of these corporations pay no tax. ABC News · Jun 12, 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
The ultra-polluting Scarborough-Pluto gas project could blow through Labor’s climate target – and it just got the green light The Albanese government has this week thrown its support behind what’ll be one of Australia’s most polluting developments: the Scarborough-Pluto gas project in Western Australia. The Conversation · Jun 3, 2022
Government engaging with Woodside over gas The government is working with the energy sector to increase gas supply in the short term as international prices burgeon off the back of market pressures. AAP · Jun 3, 2022
WA industries are big polluters, and Labor's 2030 emissions target could hit them hard Green groups say Australia's biggest polluters have been allowed far too much "wriggle room" under a scheme designed to lower carbon emissions. But will things be any different the new federal government? ABC News · May 25, 2022
Woodside shareholders back BHP oil merger Woodside shareholders have backed the company's merger with BHP's petroleum arm, creating a new global heavyweight. AAP · May 18, 2022
Industry call for Australia to ‘unlock wealth’ of new oil and gas fields at odds with IEA warning Increasing supply is ‘absolutely part of the solution’ to decarbonising the economy, Appea chair tells conference The Guardian - AU · May 17, 2022
‘Our ancestors are in the rocks’: Australian gas project threatens ancient carvings – and emissions blowout Custodians of petroglyphs in remote north-west say Woodside’s $12bn ‘carbon bomb’ spells disaster for culture and climate The Guardian - AU · May 11, 2022
Australia looks to fill Asia’s energy gap amid Ukraine crisis Australia is seeing increased demand for its liquefied natural gas and coal as war and sanctions upend energy supplies. Al Jazeera · May 9, 2022
Oil giant Shell feels heat over giant $21 billion Prelude floating LNG plant It was supposed to be the dawn of a new era, but Shell's $21 billion Prelude has been blighted by problems and there are claims it may never pay Australia a cent in royalties. ABC News · Apr 25, 2022
PM visits big greenhouse gas emitter while sledging Labor's energy plan The Coalition visited a fossil fuel company the same day it attacked Labor on it energy and climate plans. Newcastle Herald · Apr 19, 2022
Australia’s new gas projects to struggle financially after 2030 if 1.5C climate goal met, report says Analysis from Investor Group on Climate Change places economic viability of eight major fossil fuel projects in doubt The Guardian - AU · Apr 12, 2022
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Benzinga · Apr 8, 2022 KPMG Says Woodside Investors To Benefit From $40B Merger With BHP Petroleum Arm: Reuters According to an independent expert, Woodside Petroleum Ltd's (OTC: WOPEY) merger agreement with BHP Group Ltd's (NYSE: BHP) petroleum arm is in the best interest of its shareholders, valuing the c
ABC News · Apr 6, 2022 Woodside's controversial Scarborough LNG project gets final approval amid climate warnings Final government approvals are granted for Woodside's controversial Scarborough LNG project off WA's north west coast, just days after a major report warns of the catastrophic dangers of fossil fuel emissions.
AAP · Apr 6, 2022 Scarborough gas venture wins key approvals The Commonwealth-Western Australian Joint Authority has granted Woodside key approvals for the massive LNG Scarborough Project off the coast of Karratha.
The Guardian - AU · Mar 24, 2022 Indigenous elders in WA say ‘gag clause’ denies them a say in industrial developments on their land Murujuga traditional custodians call for changes to government agreement from 2003 that restricts opposition to developments
ABC News · Mar 6, 2022 Oil surges, pushing up Santos, Paladin and Woodside as ASX falls sharply The Australian share market fell sharply on Monday amid a surge in oil prices as the war in Ukraine continues to rock commodity and equity markets.
ABC News · Mar 1, 2022 Supreme Court rejects Conservation Council of WA's challenge against Woodside Scarborough project The Conservation Council of WA fails in its Supreme Court challenge against the $16.5 billion Scarborough project off WA's coast – the biggest gas development to be built in Australia in a decade.
AAP · Mar 1, 2022 WA judge rejects Woodside gas challenge The Conservation Council of Western Australia's court challenge against approvals granted for Woodside's $16 billion Scarborough gas project has been rejected.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 28, 2022 ‘It makes us chumps’: Tim Winton speaks out against fossil fuel sponsorship of Perth festival Speaking at the festival, the author took aim at the event’s ‘embarrassing’ financial arrangements that come ‘straight out of the big tobacco playbook’
The Guardian - AU · Feb 11, 2022 Perth festival production of climate change work criticised for ‘farcical’ fossil fuel sponsorship Activists are calling on the festival to drop the Pulitzer-winning orchestral work Become Ocean due to a sponsorship deal from Woodside Energy
The Guardian - AU · Feb 6, 2022 WA holds the key to Australia’s emissions goals. Can a government so committed to gas deliver? Environmentalists fear premier could legislate away regulations and undo progress toward net zero at the stroke of a pen