Woodside’s Browse carbon dumping plans an expensive distraction from real climate action
SYDNEY/PERTH, Thursday 9 January 2025 — In response to Woodside’s referral of its Browse CCS proposal to the federal government for assessment, the following comments can be attributed to Geoff Bice, WA Campaign Lead at Greenpeace Australia Pacific: “Carbon capture and storage is an expensive distraction that fossil fuel corporations use to greenwash their emissions, […]
Why dumping carbon pollution in our oceans is a dangerous experiment
Influencers Riley Whitelum and Elayna Carausu, from Sailing La Vagabonde, hold a sign reading “Woodside Leave Our Reefs Alone”, while freediving in the Scott Reef lagoon. © Greenpeace / Michaela Skovranova Have you heard the latest plans from Woodside? They’ve added carbon dumping to their plans for their proposed Browse offshore gas project in the […]
¿Está comprobado que la deforestación es una de las principales causas del cambio climático? » Yale Climate Connections
Uno de nuestros lectores no preguntó: ¿Está comprobado que la deforestación es una de las principales causas del cambio climático? La periodista y contribuidora de YCC en español, Johani Ponce buscó la respuesta a esta pregunta. Aquí está su respuesta: Sí, la deforestación es ampliamente reconocida como una de las causas principales del cambio climático, […]
Why is Greenpeace into Green Iron?
© Veejay Villafranca / Greenpeace We’ve been working on a very exciting report with our colleagues across the environmental, union and industry sectors. The resulting report – Forging Our Future – outlines a path forward for Australia to build a Green Iron industry. We think investing in Green Iron will solve some key challenges facing […]
2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #02
Latest Posts Archives 2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #02 Posted on 12 January 2025 by BaerbelW, Doug Bostrom A listing of 23 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, January 5, 2025 thru Sat, January 11, 2025. This week’s roundup […]
Do Americans really want urban sprawl? » Yale Climate Connections
(Image credit: Antonio Huerta) Growing up in suburban Ohio, I was used to seeing farmland and woods disappear to make room for new subdivisions, strip malls, and big box stores. I didn’t usually welcome the changes, but I assumed others did. If people didn’t want to live in sprawling suburbs, why did I see this […]
Greenpeace condemns Trump intention to withdraw US from Paris Agreement
US President Donald Trump has announced his intention to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement. In response, Greenpeace International Executive Director Mads Christensen said: “A policy of climate denialism will not safeguard any country against climate-fuelled disasters such as wildfires or repeat hurricanes. Global challenges don’t disappear by walking away from them – […]
The role of climate change in the catastrophic 2025 Los Angeles fires
[Haz clic aquí para leer en español] The New Year has rung in with one of the most horrific wildfire events in world history: an urban firestorm in the Los Angeles metro area that has killed at least five people and reduced thousands of homes to smoking rubble. Two major fires in excess of 10,000 acres – […]
Pumped hydro systems could help solve the challenge of renewable energy storage » Yale Climate Connections
Transcript: As power companies add more solar and wind to the grid, they need ways to store extra energy when it’s abundant. This stored energy can then be used when needed. Cohen: “To deal with issues like, what if the wind doesn’t blow for three days, or if it’s really cloudy for a long period […]
Deep sea mining – what is it? and why we need to stop it?
Imagine if we could go back in time and stop dangerous oil drilling. Stopping an industry before it has a chance to start will prevent further environmental and climate catastrophes. Deep sea mining is a brand-new destructive industry on the precipice of starting, which would involve mining metals and minerals from the seabed. If allowed […]