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Chevron forges ahead with gas export expansion despite carbon dumping failures and falling global demand
December 05, 2025
Multinational gas giant Chevron today announced its final investment decision in stage-three of its Gorgon gas project, meaning it will ship millions more tonnes of Australian gas overseas every year and further fuel the climate crisis.
Read More ShareNet-Zero rejection a radical backward step by the Nationals: Conservation Council of WA
November 03, 2025
The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has called on the Federal Liberal Party to continue with a target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and not be led by the Nationals’ radical decision...
Read More ShareRevamped federal nature laws are a missed opportunity
October 30, 2025
New federal nature law reforms introduced into Parliament today do not go far enough to create the real protections nature needs according to the Conservation Council of WA (CCWA).
Read More ShareLabor’s shock hand back of environment laws to states poses integrity, water, environment risks
October 29, 2025
Labor’s environment laws look set to fast-track development, whether it’s mining, fossil fuels or housing developments, by handing approval powers back to state governments who have shown they can’t be trusted to protect the...
Read More ShareUS mining giant Alcoa’s greenwashing advertising campaign breaches Ad Standards Australia’s Environmental Code
September 02, 2025
Ad Standards Australia has upheld a claim that a recent advertising blitz by Alcoa to support its proposed expansion of bauxite mining in Perth’s unique Northern Jarrah Forest breached 80% of the Environmental Code:...
Read More ShareAlcoa reported to Ad Standards Australia for allegedly misleading or deceptive conduct
August 06, 2025
Conservation groups have joined forces to take Alcoa to task over advertising claims around the environmental impacts of its bauxite mining operations in the Northern Jarrah Forest in Perth’s Darling Range on Noongar Country.
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