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Carbon blowout shows Shell’s floating LNG project is a disaster for taxpayers and the climate
March 26, 2020
New pollution data released by the Australian Clean Energy Regulator show that Shell has failed to control emissions from its giant Prelude floating-LNG project as the costs of this pollution will be transferred to...
Read More ShareWoodside needs to come clean on its dirty Burrup Hub gas proposal
February 12, 2020
Woodside’s Burrup Hub revealed as the most polluting project in Australia’s history On the eve of the release of Woodside Petroleum’s annual report, Western Australia’s peak environment body has provided shareholders, journalists and industry...
Read More ShareWhile Christmas is on fire, Woodside consults on Australia’s most polluting fossil fuel project
December 19, 2019
Environment groups have condemned a decision by Woodside and the WA Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to undertake community consultation on the giant Browse Basin and North West Shelf LNG project over Christmas, while communities...
Read More ShareEPA affirms zero pollution goal
December 09, 2019
Conservation Groups have commented on a new draft carbon pollution policy released by the WA EPA, saying that the policy affirms important principles that WA’s pollution must be reduced to zero and that emphasis...
Read More ShareWoodside must release pollution data: Scarborough field expansion makes problem worse
December 04, 2019
The Conservation Council of Western Australia (CCWA) has called on Woodside to release their data on carbon pollution that would result from the giant Burrup Hub LNG expansion project, including increased gas from the...
Read More ShareExperts have released Western Australia’s first Paris-compliant ‘carbon budget’ to the public
November 29, 2019
The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) and the Clean State project have commissioned one of the world’s leading independent climate research institutions to produce the first carbon budget for Western Australia that is compliant...
Read More ShareUWA partnership on extreme fossil fuels deeply irresponsible; out of touch with climate reality
November 29, 2019
A new partnership between UWA and Western Australia’s biggest polluters to assist the development of extreme and remote fossil fuels reserves has drawn strong criticism from conservation groups who have labelled the project deeply...
Read More ShareWoodside pipeline approval shows alarming lack of scrutiny on Australia’s most polluting project
November 21, 2019
The Conservation Council of Western Australia (CCWA) has raised the alarm at the lack of assessment of climate change impacts from the Woodside Burrup Hub LNG project, saying that Woodside was ‘gaming the approval...
Read More ShareWoodside's Scarborough expansion must trigger proper assessment of carbon pollution
November 08, 2019
Western Australia’s peak environment and conservation group have called on the McGowan Government and Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) to ensure a thorough assessment of carbon pollution from the expanded Scarborough gas field and Burrup...
Read More ShareWA’s “Runaway Train” – LNG Pollution Crashing Australia’s Carbon Targets
November 07, 2019
A report released publicly today, reveals WA’s LNG industry is single-handedly cancelling out the entire countries efforts to tackle climate change and carbon pollution.
Read More ShareProsecute climate polluters, not protesters say peak conservation group
October 11, 2019
Media Release - 11 October 2019 Western Australia’s peak conservation and climate change organisation have called for the McGowan Government to prosecute the state’s biggest climate polluters, rather than protesters. This morning, 60 people...
Read More ShareMuch worse than Adani – Browse and Burrup Hub LNG pollution revealed
October 10, 2019
Media Release - 10 October 2019 Western Australia’s peak environment group has released new analysis published in the Guardian today revealing the full size and scale of carbon pollution that would result from the Browse Basin...
Read More ShareEPA consultation process reveals overwhelming support for withdrawn pollution policy
October 03, 2019
Consultation on the Environmental Protection Authority's (EPA) paused carbon pollution policy has revealed overwhelming support for the policy to be reinstated and strengthened, according to submissions published on the EPA website yesterday. The EPA policy, released earlier this year proposed new...
Read More ShareChevron climate pollution problems get worse – calls to prosecute company for unauthorised emissions
September 25, 2019
Western Australia’s peak conservation and climate organisation have called for WA’s biggest polluter to be prosecuted for unauthorized emissions from the Barrow Island LNG facility since the commencement of the project.The Conservation Council of...
Read More ShareWA gas pollution behind Morrison’s embarrassing no-show at NY climate summit
September 12, 2019
Western Australia’s peak environment and climate groups have called WA’s rising gas pollution an international embarrassment, causing the Prime Minister to avoid the New York climate summit where he would have to explain the...
Read More ShareIssues paper shows McGowan Government needs help on climate solutions
September 04, 2019
WA’s peak conservation group and the Clean State campaign welcomes the release of the new 'Climate Change in Western Australia' issues paper by the McGowan government today as the consultation period for the state's climate policy opens. The consultation paper shows that...
Read More SharePollution from WA LNG driving Australia’s emissions up despite gains in other states
August 30, 2019
Conservation Groups and the Clean State campaign have responded to the release of Australian Government pollution reporting data, showing WA LNG is the main driver behind Australia’s increasing carbon pollution.
Read More Share2050 pollution target welcomed, but rising emissions must be brought under control now
August 28, 2019
Environment groups and the Clean State campaign have welcomed the announcement that a new carbon pollution reduction target of net zero emissions by 2050 would be adopted by the McGowan Government, but the groups...
Read More ShareChevron must address millions of tonnes of extra carbon pollution from Barrow Island LNG
August 08, 2019
Chevron has announced that operation of the controversial and delayed equipment to inject carbon pollution from its liquified natural gas (LNG) plant underground on Barrow Island has finally commenced, two-and-a-half years after the Gorgon...
Read More ShareCSIRO confirms LNG increases pollution; finds no evidence to support gas industry claims
July 30, 2019
A new CSIRO report is being wrongly used to support industry claims that gas production helps the climate, despite the report failing to find any evidence to support the claims, according to conservation groups....
Read More ShareChevron deliberately delaying carbon storage mechanism, says conservation peak body
July 11, 2019
The operator of the Gorgon liquified natural gas (LNG) project, Chevron, has deliberately mismanaged the carbon sequestration program it promised in order to get approval for the controversial LNG development, according to the Conservation...
Read More ShareGlobal report calls for moratorium on LNG development. WA LNG expansion a climate disaster and major investment risk
July 03, 2019
A new report from Global Energy Monitor shows that Western Australia’s rapidly expanding liquified natural gas (LNG) export industry is a leading contributor to climate change, and expanding LNG capacity globally is on a...
Read More ShareClaims that gas is good for the climate fail every test
June 13, 2019
Western Australia’s peak environment group has called on Commonwealth Minister Angus Taylor to provide evidence to support his recent claims that Western Australia’s biggest polluters are actually helping the climate.
Read More ShareEPA carbon offsets policy provides a lifeline to WA’s biggest gas polluters
June 10, 2019
Western Australia’s peak conservation group has responded to the release of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)’s climate change guidance statement, labeling the EPA’s approach as a ‘lifeline’ for WA’s biggest polluters in the liquified...
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