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Woodside chooses timidity for the sake of short-term shareholder gains

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Jan 23, 2025 – 5.42pm

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The unequal contest between shareholder value and planetary health has delivered another victory to the former (“Woodside’s clean energy backdown”).

Chief executive Meg O’Neill confirms Woodside’s considered decision to cut back investment in a number of low-carbon projects to keep “delivering that value.”