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It certainly doesn't work at the scale we need it to. Reducing emissions by phasing out fossil fuels is still the most effective way to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.

The latest data release from Chevron on its Gorgon carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, the world’s largest, shows the lowest amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) captured and stored for a year since it started in August 2019. reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-large...

Investor Bulletin: IEA 2025 World Energy Outlook - ACCR The 2025 World Energy Outlook (WEO) from the International Energy Agency (IEA) has been released.

Despite showing that renewable energy will be central to future energy systems, the 2025 WEO underscores the vast gap between current policies and the pace of change needed for a lower-emissions future. www.accr.org.au/insights/inv...

Big super boosts fossil fuel investment to $33b despite green push Market Forces says the superannuation industry is “greenwashing on an industrial scale”, after the investment advocacy group’s review of 30 large funds.

Market Forces reviewed 30 large super funds and found that less than one-third had reduced their investment in 200 global companies that are building out their coal, oil and gas capacities. www.afr.com/companies/fi...

Chinese LNG Demand Looks Set to Disappoint for Yet Another Year Chinese liquefied natural gas imports are at risk of another weak year as disappointing industrial demand and persistently high global prices look set to reduce purchases.

Chinese liquefied natural gas imports are at risk of another weak year as disappointing industrial demand and persistently high global prices look set to reduce purchases. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Woodside Energy (ASX: WDS, NYSE: WDS) Stock on 1 December 2025: Strike Fears vs LNG Super‑Growth – What Investors Need to Know Woodside Energy (ASX: WDS, NYSE: WDS) Stock on 1 December 2025: Strike Fears vs LNG Super‑Growth – What Investors Need to Know - TechStock²

If LNG prices stay robust into the late 2020s, projects like Scarborough and Louisiana LNG could look like cash geysers. If prices sag under over‑capacity, those same projects could look merely “fine” or even disappointing. ts2.tech/en/woodside-...

US LNG - Debts No Honest Man Could Pay Before the epic U.S.

Knowing that there is money to be made by the people making loans even if the loans are never paid back is a helpful thing to understand when looking at the continued expansion of the U.S. LNG industry. www.linkedin.com/pulse/us-lng...

Woodside Energy (ASX: WDS, NYSE: WDS) Stock on 1 December 2025: Strike Fears vs LNG Super‑Growth – What Investors Need to Know Woodside Energy (ASX: WDS, NYSE: WDS) Stock on 1 December 2025: Strike Fears vs LNG Super‑Growth – What Investors Need to Know - TechStock²

For investors, the key question is not whether Woodside has enough project inventory — it clearly does — but whether it can deliver all this on time and on budget while the world tries to decarbonise and while labour and cost pressures increase. ts2.tech/en/woodside-...

Moving BP from rhetoric to action on capital discipline - ACCR A change to BP’s upstream strategy – in particular, tightening its investment framework and ceasing conventional exploration – offers a more credible path to the value that shareholders expect.

We find that a change to BP’s upstream strategy – in particular, tightening its investment framework and ceasing conventional exploration – offers a more credible path to the value that shareholders are asking for. www.accr.org.au/research/mov...

Sector Strategies Lead Employer: Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility Work Type/s: Permanent, full time Salary: AU$145,000 – $160,000 + super depending on experience Sector/s: Not For Profit (NFP) Location: any ...

We are #hiring for a Sector Strategies Lead to lead a small team that drives the development of our company engagement, strategy development and campaign oversight capabilities across three key sector value chains (Steel, Oil and Gas, Power). app.beapplied.com/apply/7jgqyf...

China’s LNG Slowdown Is Set to Reshape the Global Gas Trade China’s LNG demand is set to fall 5% this year as pipeline imports and domestic production rise, pushing Japan back into the top spot for global LNG imports.

China’s demand for liquefied natural gas is on course for yet another annual decline this year, estimates from BloombergNEF suggest. The outlet expects Chinese LNG demand to be 5% weaker this year than last, at 73 million tons. finance.yahoo.com/news/china-l...

Woodside deal shows WA gas scheme is ‘a warning to government’ A lobby group representing some of WA’s biggest industrial players has a warning for the federal government and its future east coast reserve.

“Case in point is the Pluto Agreement struck between Woodside and the WA government, where less than 3 per cent of the gas they are obligated to deliver has been put through the pipeline for domestic use.” www.afr.com/companies/en...

Price shocks force factories to dump gas for cleaner energy Industrial energy users are starting to turn away from natural gas after a jump in prices, and as solar systems, batteries and heat pumps become cheaper.

Manufacturers, food processors and other industrial energy users in Australia are beginning to turn away from natural gas and adopt electric alternatives where possible to cut pollution and seize a competitive edge amid rising costs. www.smh.com.au/business/the...

Oil prices expected to fall in 2026 as Wall Street sees 'punishing oversupply' risking return to COVID levels Wall Street's biggest banks see oil prices falling into the $50s or lower per barrel in 2026 and beyond, teeing up a tough year for the oil and gas industry.

Commodities strategists at Wall Street's top investment banks expect 2026 and 2027 to be tough years for the oil industry. While demand has remained healthier than expected, global supply has kept climbing. ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/oil-pri...

Local authority forum calls for BP to show ‘genuine’ capital spending discipline UK-based Local Authority Pension Fund Forum urges oil giant to justify increased exploration and capex amid warnings its future projects are increasingly uncompetitive

LAPFF in the UK has urged BP to demonstrate “genuine” capital expenditure discipline after new analysis suggested the company’s increased focus on upstream growth and exploration could undermine long-term shareholder value. www.ipe.com/news/local-a...

Universal Owners and Climate Change: A Response to Gosling ABSTRACT. Tom Gosling’s 2025 article, ‘Universal Owners and Climate Change’, asks an important question: Is it in universal owners’ interest for warming to

Universal Owners have an interest in keeping warming to 1.5°C and they have low-cost tools at their disposal to contribute to this goal, writes Ellen Quigley academic.oup.com/jfr/advance-...

Inside the battle for BHP’s future The next chief executive faces a big decision over how to maximise the company’s copper division. Some believe a break-up should be on the cards.

BHP is struggling to articulate a credible long-term portfolio strategy in a transition environment - and investors are noticing. www.afr.com/companies/mi...

Global miner BMA drops Queensland mine expansion plan An environmental impact statement found that the project site would clear 136 hectares of koala habitat and significantly affect 33.55 hectares supporting greater glider populations.

BHP has finally seen the writing on the wall. There is no compelling financial case for new coal projects in the current market. It now has an opportunity to focus on expanding its plans for lower-emissions steelmaking & reducing its scope 3 emissions. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Sector Strategies Lead Employer: Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility Work Type/s: Permanent, full time Salary: AU$145,000 – $160,000 + super depending on experience Sector/s: Not For Profit (NFP) Location: any ...

We are #hiring for a Sector Strategies Lead. This senior role will lead a small team that drives the development of our company engagement, strategy development & campaign oversight across three key sector value chains (Steel, Oil & Gas, Power).
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Browse is not the right solution for Western Australia Gas from Woodside's Browse offshore gas project is not the right solution for energy security Western Australia.

Woodside's Browse is likely too costly for WA consumers and could drive industrial demand destruction ieefa.org/resources/br...

$42bn on the line: outgoing NYC comptroller pushes for BlackRock divestment The outgoing comptroller of the New York City Pension Fund has put forward recommendations to terminate three public equity mandates, including a $42bn mandate with BlackRock, after several managers f...

The outgoing comptroller of the New York City Pension Fund has put forward recommendations to terminate three public equity mandates, including a $42bn mandate with BlackRock, after several managers failed to meet climate reporting expectations www.netzeroinvestor.net/news-and-vie...

BP Stock Today, 26 November 2025: Olympic Pipeline Restart, Seatrium’s Tiber FPU Deal and Fresh Activist Pressure on Strategy BP Stock Today, 26 November 2025: Olympic Pipeline Restart, Seatrium’s Tiber FPU Deal and Fresh Activist Pressure on Strategy - TechStock²

BP’s gas assets are, on average, more expensive than 76% of global pre‑FID supply, and its conventional oil projects are more costly than 53% of peers’ projects, suggesting it is not competing at the low‑cost end of the supply curve. ts2.tech/en/bp-stock-...

BP has a 0.4% share of energy generated by renewables, they are not becoming a 'green' company. If the cease exploration and developing new oil & gas projects, they will still have operating assets until 2050.

North Sea plan allows drilling while enabling Labour to keep ‘no new licences’ pledge ‘Tiebacks’ will permit small amount of new fossil fuel extraction, but campaigners want bolder strategy

The UK government says it is sticking to its manifesto pledge by becoming the first major economy to have a 1.5C- & climate science-aligned no new licences position, but it plans to allow some new drilling in oil & gas fields that have existing licenses. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

BHP can't ignore the writing on the wall for Saraji East, regardless of government go-ahead - ACCR ACCR is commenting on the Queensland Government’s recommendation that the BHP Mitsubishi Alliance’s (BMA) Saraji East Mining Lease Project is suitable to proceed.

Queensland coal operators are already facing significant economic challenges. Investors will rightly ask about Saraji East’s viability when nearby projects are being sunk by rising costs, tight margins and mounting transition risk. www.accr.org.au/news/bhp-can...

Moving BP from rhetoric to action on capital discipline - ACCR A change to BP’s upstream strategy – in particular, tightening its investment framework and ceasing conventional exploration – offers a more credible path to the value that shareholders expect.

A change to BP’s upstream strategy – in particular, tightening its investment framework and ceasing conventional exploration – offers a more credible path to the value that shareholders expect. www.accr.org.au/research/mov...

Albanese strikes deal with the Greens to pass environment protection bill The Albanese government has secured a historic deal with the Greens to pass major reforms to national environment laws.

Labor’s deal with the Greens comes despite the lobbying of the powerful resources sector, which had pleaded with the Coalition to cooperate with government to secure a more business-friendly reform. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

China’s LNG Imports Fall for 13th Straight Month as Domestic Output Surges China’s LNG imports are falling for the 13th consecutive month as rising domestic gas production, full storage, tariffs, and increased Russian pipeline supplies reshape the country’s natural gas deman...

Earlier in the year, Chinese domestic gas production hit an all-time high, bringing LNG imports to the lowest in six years, down by 19% on the year over the first seven months of 2025. Since then, the decline has continued. finance.yahoo.com/news/china-l...

BHP can't ignore the writing on the wall for Saraji East, regardless of government go-ahead - ACCR ACCR is commenting on the Queensland Government’s recommendation that the BHP Mitsubishi Alliance’s (BMA) Saraji East Mining Lease Project is suitable to proceed.

Rising labour and energy costs, alongside the return of metallurgical coal prices to long-run averages, have squeezed BMA’s margins in Queensland. It is difficult to make the case that Saraji East would stack up financially. www.accr.org.au/news/bhp-can...

Research from Energy Consumers Australia shows that 1 in 3 households using mains gas expect to cancel their supply within the next decade & nearly 1 in 10 say they will do that in just the next two years. That’s a major shift in a short amount of time. reneweconomy.com.au/we-need-a-re...