Kate Smolski

Program Director at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, nature lover, dancer and aspiring drummer. My views my own.

[David Ritter @David_Ritter]

oday's proposed approval for Woodside's North West Shelf extension brings Woodside’s toxic gas plans closer to Scott Reef, holds back the clean energy transition underway in WA, and fuels growing climate damage in Australia and around the world.

https://t.co/Gq0Hn0S1hb

[David Ritter @David_Ritter]

Great to see the Greens confirming the obvious: we should be pulling every lever we have to put the brakes on world-burning fossil fuels.

We all have the right to live safely on a thriving planet, and elected leaders should be doing everything they can to halt climate change.

[Greenpeace Australia Pacific @GreenpeaceAP]

🚨 BREAKING: Greenpeace activists have crashed the Coalition’s Federal Election campaign launch this morning at the Liverpool Catholic Club in Western Sydney dressed in hazmat suits and gas masks.

Their message? Don’t risk Dutton’s nuclear disaster. ☢️❌

[Greenpeace Australia Pacific @GreenpeaceAP]

📌 TONIGHT: What are the policy solutions we urgently need to address climate change and protect nature?

How can you act with us to be a force for good this election?

Join us tonight for all you need to know before heading to the polls on May 3rd.💚

👉 https://t.co/M2qqjqClAh

[David Ritter @David_Ritter]

Labor’s $2.3bn pledge to make home batteries more affordable is great news for emissions and energy bills.

Thousands of homes are already cutting or even eliminating their energy bills with solar & storage—a proven solution for climate and cost of living.
https://t.co/CEiiNspXKz

[Greenpeace Australia Pacific @GreenpeaceAP]

#BREAKING The Albanese Government promised to end extinctions and protect Australia’s #wildlife through national law reform.

Instead, in the coming days they could rush through legislation that would sign an #extinction warrant for the endangered Maugean skate.

@AlboMP #auspol

[Kate Smolski @KateSmolski]

Coalition’s nuclear plan most expensive option for Australia, former US climate official says https://t.co/DQwc2enaiS

[Greenpeace Australia Pacific @GreenpeaceAP]

@AlboMP “Green iron presents enormous economic opportunities for Australia, and in particular states like Western Australia with its skilled industrial workforce, export infrastructure, and abundant clean wind and solar energy." Read more 👇

https://t.co/kOFa5VZ29Z

[David Ritter @David_Ritter]

Good to see Australia signing onto an @OECD proposal to prohibit member nations’ export credit agencies from financing fossil fuel projects.

It’s a significant step towards what we need: a transition away from fossil fuels towards renewables, at emergency speed and scale.

[Greenpeace Australia Pacific @GreenpeaceAP]

📣 BREAKING: The @WAGovernment has given the green light to Woodside’s North West Shelf gas extension.

...A key stage of its Burrup Hub mega project that would see gas processed until 2070 and churn out 6.1 billion tonnes of climate pollution over its lifecycle. 🌏🔥

[Kate Smolski @KateSmolski]

Building nuclear power plants could cost double CSIRO predictions, energy experts warn. https://t.co/hiUJtdCbJF

[Greenpeace Australia Pacific @GreenpeaceAP]

📣 NEWS: A coalition of West Australian workers and environmental organisations, including Greenpeace Australia Pacific, have released a joint statement calling on the @WAGovernment to fast-track a suite of changes to bolster the home-grown green energy industry.

[Kate Smolski @KateSmolski]

Day three! So great to be here to block the world’s largest coal port with people power. ⁦@RisingTideAus⁩ ⁦@GreenpeaceAP⁩ #NoNewCoal #MakePollutorsPay

[Greenpeace International @Greenpeace]

Shiva Gounden, @GreenpeaceAP Head of Pacific delivered a powerful message as #COP29 reaches its critical hours. ⁣
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We don't need more talk, we need real and urgent action - and that means we have to #MakePollutersPay

[David Ritter @David_Ritter]

Minister @BowenChris’s $50m pledge towards a global loss and damage fund is significant and welcome.

We hope that as facilitator of the #NCQG working group, Minister Bowen will build on this by ensuring Loss and Damage is enshrined in the final package.

https://t.co/yu8ko9ItPo

[Greenpeace Australia Pacific @GreenpeaceAP]

Pacific nation leaders at #COP29 have slammed Australia's gas expansion plans, as @GreenpeaceAP data shows emissions from Woodside's Burrup Hub gas proposal in WA would be 125 times greater than annual emissions of all Pacific nations combined https://t.co/10UOWbI481

[Greenpeace International @Greenpeace]

We went to the Arctic to send a message directly to the Norwegian government: Don't destroy one of the last untouched places on Earth.

You can too, no matter where you are in the world ✊📩 Send an email to @jonasgahrstore to urge him to scrap his dangerous plans >> https://t.co/qMnAPNHYsV

#StopDeepSeaMining

[Greenpeace Australia Pacific @GreenpeaceAP]

📣 Exmouth, thank you for showing up for Scott Reef! 🐟🪸

With so many reef-defenders across Australia continuing to call on @tanya_plibersek to protect our oceans from Woodside’s disastrous Burrup Hub the message couldn't be clearer:

#StopWoodsidesDrill

[Greenpeace Australia Pacific @GreenpeaceAP]

Experts agree: Scott Reef is too precious to lose 💙

Hear from Ben Fitzpatrick, Marine Ecologist and Director at Oceanwise Australia, as he shares how important Scott Reef is to the marine ecosystem in the north-west oceans of Australia. 🐠🪸

#StopWoodsidesDrill #SaveScottReef

[Greenpeace Australia Pacific @GreenpeaceAP]

📣 Tanya Plibersek: Stop Woodside’s Drill 🙅‍♀️🚫

And help protect Australia’s largest oceanic reef, Scott Reef, and the endangered wildlife that call it home.

#StopWoodsidesDrill