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#admin_show_subpages##EPA recommends approval for Woodside gas facility extension – Conservation Council to appeal
June 30, 2022
The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has said it intends to appeal a recommendation by WA’s Environmental Protection Authority that Woodside’s proposed extension of the North West Shelf gas processing facility be approved...
Read More ShareCCWA welcomes state government interim targets - More still to do on emissions
June 23, 2022
The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has welcomed an announcement by the WA State Government that will see emissions from all government agencies cut by 80 per cent below 2020 levels, by 2030....
Read More ShareWoodside AGM – Conservation Council responds as Woodside ‘doubles down’ on fossil fuels
May 20, 2022
Woodside has been bombarded with questions from shareholders, environment and conservation experts and Traditional Custodians from WA’s north west at its Annual General meeting, in Perth.
Read More Share'Tone deaf' - Woodside comments on further gas expansion slammed by conservation council
April 22, 2022
Comments by Woodside CEO, Meg O’Neill – published this morning in the Australian Financial Review – have been slammed by the Conservation Council of WA, which has described calls to ‘kick-start’ stalled gas projects...
Read More ShareWoodside's emissions trial 'an illusion' - CCWA
March 18, 2022
The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has rubbished today's announcement by Woodside Petroleum, that it plans to pursue a 'carbon capture and utilisation' facility in Perth.
Read More Share‘Cultural heritage laws broken’ say Traditional Owners, Conservationists, as Federal Government steps in over controversial proposal on sacred sites
March 11, 2022
Traditional Owners and conservationists say that a decision by the Federal Government to intervene over a controversial urea plant, proposed for sacred Aboriginal sites, shows that the cultural heritage approvals process is unfit for...
Read More ShareWoodside ‘wringing every last drop’ from toxic gas business – Conservation Council
February 17, 2022
WA’s peak conservation body has responded to figures released by Woodside Petroleum this morning, calling out ‘glaring omissions’ in the company’s annual report.
Read More Share‘Biggest fossil fuel development in a decade’ - Controversial WA gas project under pressure in Supreme Court
December 20, 2021
The fight against Woodside’s controversial Scarborough gas development is heading to the Supreme Court with proceedings set to begin this morning (Monday 20 December 2021).
Read More ShareNew scientific report on Scarborough leaves Woodside’s claims ‘in tatters’ - CCWA
December 03, 2021
The controversial Scarborough gas development, planned for north west WA is ‘a bet against’ the world meeting its Paris Agreement commitments and will result in a 12 per cent increase in the state’s emissions,...
Read More ShareSecond Supreme Court challenge to Woodside’s Scarborough development
November 30, 2021
The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has launched a second Supreme Court challenge relating to the Scarborough gas proposal as pressure continues to build around the controversial fossil fuel development.
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