Esso is planning to build a massive, toxic, industrial dump in the middle of a United Nations-listed wetland on the eastern side of Corner Inlet on Victoria’s Gippsland Coast.

Santos says it will ‘dispose’ of thousands of tonnes of perfectly good steel.

The WA State Minister for Mines and Petroleum, Energy, Hydrogen Industry and Industrial Relations, Bill Johnston, should urgently stop Santos from disposing of thousands of tonnes of steel that should be recycled. Santos is preparing to remove a massive oil and gas platform named ‘Campbell’ from WA State Waters off the Pilbara coast.

GOVERNMENT PLANS TO DUMP RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL AND OTHER TOXINS IN OCEAN NEAR INDONESIA

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12/05/2023

The federal government has announced plans to dump undisclosed amounts of radioactive material, oil and other toxins into the Timor Sea, just 155km from the Indonesian coast.

The plan would see the massive floating oil and gas platform Northern Endeavour towed through Indonesian waters to an “undisclosed location” in Asia to be scrapped. The plan acknowledges the risk of a major oil leak happening during this operation.

Climate Change and Energy Minister Orders Methane Emissions Review

In response to concerns raised by Friends of the Earth Australia in February 2023, the Federal Climate Change and Energy Minister, Chris Bowen, says he's ordered a review into rogue methane emissions from wells, and says he'll raise the recycling levy issue with his colleagues.

New recycling industry welcomed

Waste Management Review

Shannon Paten

March 31, 2023

Environmental organisation, Friends of the Earth has welcomed the announcement of a new industry to recycle offshore oil and gas platforms and other assets.

Jeff Waters, Friends of the Earth Australia Campaigner, said he was excited about the prospect of a sustainable solution for decommissioned oil rigs.

NSW GAS EXPLORATION WILL DISRUPT QUEENSLAND’S WHALE MIGRATION

Queensland’s spectacular annual whale migration will be disrupted if the Federal Government allows fossil gas exploration off the NSW coast.

Friends of the Earth Australia is imploring the government not to let it go ahead, as the seismic blasting used in the exploration process will disrupt the beloved east coast whale migration route and could render the aquatic mammals deaf, resulting in their deaths.

Methane emissions from offshore oil and gas severely under-reported, study finds

An environmental group is concerned offshore oil and gas industries are underestimating their emissions after an international study found methane leaks were under-reported in the UK.

The report cited outdated or incorrect emission factors and incomplete data to be behind the inaccurate numbers.

Australian rig recycling centre proposed

In a submission to the Western Australian government, Friends of the Earth Australia (FoEA) is calling for an Australian Rig Recycling Centre (ARRC) to be built in the Pilbara, where decommissioned oil and gas rigs can be cleaned and scrapped for recycling.

FoEA says the new centre would provide thousands of new, ongoing jobs.

No bailout for energy sector already getting almost 5 times more in subsidies than it pays in tax

“Compensation” Should go to Small Businesses Instead

Friends of the Earth Australia is demanding that the Albanese government stop acting like cowards and rule out any further subsidies to the coal and fossil methane gas sector as a result of price caps.