The Latest Breaking News from Woodside

‘Cultural genocide’: Australian state putting industry before heritage, Indigenous women tell UN

Traditional owners urge Geneva panel to hold Western Australia and business accountable for cultural damage and fostering ‘chaos’ in Burrup Peninsula

The Guardian - AU · Jul 6, 2022

Western Australia’s EPA urges 50-year extension of country’s most polluting gas project

Woodside’s North West Shelf gas development would release more than eight times Australia’s annual emissions if it continues to operate until 2070

The Guardian - AU · Jul 1, 2022

EPA gives green light to extend life of Woodside's North West Shelf project to 2070

Western Australia's environmental regulator recommends approval to extend the life of the North West Shelf gas project by almost 50 years, subject to strict conditions, including that it achieves net zero emissions by 2050, to help preserve Indigenous rock art in the area.

ABC News · Jun 30, 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