What if the biggest threat to our oceans isn't just plastic, but the lies designed to keep us confused about it?

In this eye-opening episode of the Beautiful World podcast, Kathryn Nelson sits down with Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, Australian Greens Senator for Tasmania since 2012 and lifelong ocean advocate known as "the Surfing Senator," for a candid conversation recorded in his final weeks in the Australian Senate.

Senator Peter explores his fight to pass Australia's Extended Producer Responsibility bill, the disinformation campaigns funded by fossil fuel interests to delay climate action, and why the Woodside Browse gas project could accelerate coral reef collapse. He unpacked the difference between misinformation and disinformation, how bot armies manufacture fake grassroots movements, and why carbon offsets and carbon capture are being used to greenwash new fossil fuel projects.

If you've ever wondered why it feels harder than ever to know what's true online, or what it actually takes to stop a fossil fuel project before it starts, this episode is for you.

In this episode we get into:

• Senator Peter Whish-Wilson's 14 years fighting for ocean protection in the Australian Senate

• The Extended Producer Responsibility bill and why it keeps stalling

• How container deposit schemes changed Australia's relationship with plastic

• The difference between misinformation and disinformation

• How fossil fuel companies fund the "denial machine" through PR firms and think tanks

• Bot armies, astroturfing groups, and fake grassroots movements

• The 12 "discourses of delay" used to slow climate action

• Why the Woodside Browse gas project threatens the Great Barrier Reef

• Carbon offsets, carbon capture, and the greenwashing behind "net zero"

• How to vote and organize around one clear standard: no new fossil fuel projects

If you care about ocean conservation, plastic pollution, climate policy, environmental activism, sustainability, marine life, or how to spot disinformation online, this episode is for you.

Connect with Senator Peter Whish-Wilson

• Facebook | www.facebook.com/senatorsurfer

• LinkedIn| https://au.linkedin.com/in/Peter -whish-wilson-28032829

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Beautiful World explores practical solutions for a healthier planet and healthier people. Hosted by environmental advocate Kathryn Nelson, each episode features scientists, innovators, farmers, entrepreneurs and changemakers working to restore our ecosystems while improving human wellbeing.

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