The Environmental Defenders Office has sent a legal letter to Woodside CEO, Meg O’Neill on behalf of the Conservation Council of WA.

State and national environment groups have made a fresh call for review of the contested Mulga Rock uranium project in WA, amid growing concerns over rushed vegetation clearing and threats to the endangered sandhill dunnart.

The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has condemned an announcement that international equity and debt corporation, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), has agreed to help finance Woodside’s highly controversial Scarborough gas development in return for a 49% share in the Pluto LNG processing facility in the state’s North West.

Western Australia’s peak environment group has called on the State Government to apply a very strong penalty to Chevron for the unauthorised release of over five million tonnes of carbon pollution from its Gorgon LNG project due to the failure of its promised Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) facility.

A new report warns investors and shareholders that environmental and heritage approvals for Woodside’s highly controversial Scarborough project are ‘in a mess’, creating major risks and uncertainty for the project less than two months before a financial investment decision is scheduled by the company.

The Conservation Council of WA has responded to the Federal Government's 'net-zero by 2050' announcement following the unveiling of Australia's much anticipated plan, which will be presented to COP26 by the prime minister, Scott Morrison.

Western Australia’s peak conservation group has said that Woodside’s proposed $1bn investment in a hydrogen export facility in Kwinana appeared to be the latest attempt to greenwash Woodside’s fossil gas expansion plans.

Western Australia’s peak conservation group has welcomed a consultation process launched today by the Minister for the Environment and Climate Action on the future management of WA forests. 

The Conservation Council of Western Australia (CCWA) has congratulated WA mining companies making a genuine commitment to reducing carbon pollution, but warned that the goal of net zero by 2050 was being used by WA’s gas industry to greenwash expansion plans that drive up pollution and cost the state jobs and investment in clean industries.

Pressure is mounting on the Morrison Government to lift its game on climate change in the lead up to the Glasgow climate change conference, with emphasis rightly being placed on the need for more urgent action and strengthened 2030 emissions reduction targets.