Australia’s largest oil producer will proceed with a US$7.2 billion (AU$10.6 billion) project offshore Mexico that will deliver hundreds of millions of oil barrels in the next decade. On June 20, Woodside Energy announced that it would invest in the Trion project, a joint venture with Mexican state-owned oil company Pemex. The project is located…

A climate change protester has spray-painted the Woodside Energy logo onto the front doors of Western Australia (WA) parliament house to criticise the government’s investment in fossil fuels. The protest action on Thursday was part of a campaign by WA-based climate change group Disrupt Burrup Hub. The group targets Burrup Hub, which it described as…

Two activists have vandalised a 130-year-old painting in response to the supposed destruction of Indigenous art by major oil and gas company Woodside. The stunt has drawn criticism, however, from Aboriginal leader Warren Mundine who said, “Two wrongs do not make a right.” In a video released on Jan. 19 by Disrupt Burrup Hub, ceramic…

President of Western Australian football team Fremantle Dockers says he has no plans to end the sponsorship deal with Woodside Energy despite pressures to cut ties with the oil and gas giant. The comment comes after an open letter signed by six people pushing for climate change action received extensive media coverage. Those signing the…