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"Woodside engaged in a concerted lobbying campaign to convince Environment
Minister Murray Watt’s department to water down conditions designed to reduce
emissions emanating from its North West Shelf project – one of the largest gas
projects in the country.
Emails released under freedom-of-information laws show the conditions attached
to Watt’s approval of Woodside extending the plant’s operation to 2070 were
changed several times after the gas giant’s lobbying.
In May last year, Watt said he had imposed “strict” conditions on his
provisional approval of Woodside’s bid to extend its North West Shelf operation
in Karratha to 2070. At the time, he refused to reveal the conditions, he said,
so Woodside had the opportunity to respond to the terms.
The documents show his department was negotiating the terms of those conditions
with Woodside until September 6, 2025, before Watt announced on September 12
the 48 conditions upon which his approval of the North West Shelf extension
rested.
The released emails show Woodside was particularly opposed to two conditions:
that it monitor levels of various emissions in real time, and that it reduce
emissions on five-yearly intervals."
Via
Guardian Australia.
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
