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"Yesterday, new environment minister Murray Watt approved an extension for the
North West Shelf liquefied natural gas project. The gas plant at Karratha,
Western Australia, will run until 2070.
This expansion – and the pollution it will release – has led to a
recommendation by the International Council on Monuments and Sites to defer
UNESCO’s decision on the world heritage listing of the nearby Murujuga rock
art.
Two of the recommendations prior to renomination of the site are to “ensure the
total removal of degrading acidic emissions” and “prevent any further
industrial development adjacent to, and within, the Murujuga Cultural
Landscape”.
Murujuga has more than one million petroglyphs, some up to 50,000 years old.
It has the oldest depictions of the human face in the world and records the
lore and traditions of Aboriginal Australians since the first human settlement
of this continent. It is strikingly beautiful and is of enormous cultural and
spiritual importance to the Traditional Owners.
Despite the immense significance of the site, a large industrial precinct has
been built at its centre."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
