Win for Ningaloo Marine Park as Subsea 7 scraps plans

In a huge win for marine life and the community, Norwegian company Subsea 7 has abandoned its controversial plans to construct 10km-long pipelines and drag them through Ningaloo Marine Park for use at offshore oil rigs. The proposal threatened vital humpback whale nursery areas and marine ecosystems off the Western Australian coast, and was strongly […]

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We’re putting the gas industry on notice — We are watching.

New gas is a backwards step for Australia. Energy giants aren’t just pushing forward with damaging new gas projects, they’re doing it while claiming gas is a form of cleaner energy. It’s greenwashing, plain and simple. And it’s time to hold the decision-makers in the big energy companies to account for the damage they do […]

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We’re putting the gas industry on notice — We are watching.

New gas is a backwards step for Australia. Energy giants aren’t just pushing forward with damaging new gas projects, they’re doing it while claiming gas is a form of cleaner energy. It’s greenwashing, plain and simple. And it’s time to hold the decision-makers in the big energy companies to account for the damage they do […]

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We’re putting the gas industry on notice — We are watching.

New gas is a backwards step for Australia. Energy giants aren’t just pushing forward with damaging new gas projects, they’re doing it while claiming gas is a form of cleaner energy. It’s greenwashing, plain and simple. And it’s time to hold the decision-makers in the big energy companies to account for the damage they do […]

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We’re putting the gas industry on notice — We are watching.

New gas is a backwards step for Australia. Energy giants aren’t just pushing forward with damaging new gas projects, they’re doing it while claiming gas is a form of cleaner energy. It’s greenwashing, plain and simple. And it’s time to hold the decision-makers in the big energy companies to account for the damage they do […]

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Submission on the draft Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill 2020 (WA)

As noted at the beginning of the reform process in 2018, and then reinforced by the devastating destruction of Juukan Gorge, it is beyond doubt that the WA Aboriginal cultural heritage legislation needs a major overhaul. In this context, EDO welcomes the need for reform and many elements of the draft Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Bill […]

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Announcing a new EDO team

The Environmental Defenders Office is proud to announce its new national team, bringing together scientific and legal experts across the country to provide best-in-class legal services to its clients in Australia and the Pacific. The new team is carefully designed to ensure we retain a local presence in key communities around the country, improve service […]

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Help tackle the climate crisis in the courtroom

BREAKING We’re in the WA Supreme Court from 20 – 22 December for the hearing of our first legal case over Woodside’s huge Scarborough Gas Project. On behalf of the Conservation Council of WA, we’ll be arguing changes to approvals for the facility were made unlawfully, without a full assessment of their impacts on our climate. Can you help supercharge  cases […]

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