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"Greenpeace has launched a legal action against Australia’s biggest energy
company, alleging it lied to the public by “greenwashing” its gas and oil
projects.
The advocacy organisation on Wednesday filed a federal court claim against
Woodside Energy, alleging the gas giant misled or deceived Australians about
its climate performance and plans.
Woodside made out that it cut down on pollution produced from extracting and
processing its gas and oil by 11% in 2022, Greenpeace alleged.
However, it leaned heavily on carbon offsets and its actual emissions went up
by more than 3%, the organisation claimed.
The gas giant also publicly had a plan to be “net zero” by 2050 but did not
spell out that the target did not apply to the emissions produced when its oil
and gas was burnt, Greenpeace said.
Greenpeace Australia Pacific chief executive, David Ritter, claimed Woodside
was treating the Australian public and shareholders “like mugs”.
Greenpace general counsel, Katrina Bullock, added greenwashing was dangerous
because – as well as potentially misleading investors – it delayed action on
reducing greenhouse gas emissions and undermined competition.
“We believe Woodside’s statements are designed to make investors, governments
and the general public think it is reducing its emissions, when in truth the
company’s emissions are increasing,” Bullock said in a statement.
“It is clearly in the public interest to ensure big polluters such as Woodside
are held to account for their allegedly misleading or deceptive conduct.”
Greenpeace said they hoped the civil action would ultimately improve companies’
disclosure about their climate impacts."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
