Watt clears path for Woodside decision, rejecting green group concerns

Karratha gas call looming after rock art report

The chances of a final call on the future of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas plant next week have been boosted after a new scientific report into the Murujuga Rock Art was released.

Labor to green-light Woodside North West shelf gas extension?

Labor looks set to abolish the modest “Nature Positive” reforms to climate law that it suggested during its first term, and Murray Watt looks set to give Woodside its LNG North West Shelf expansion. Pip Hinman reports.

Watt clears path for Woodside decision, rejecting green group concerns

The path has been cleared for a final decision on Woodside's proposal to extend the life of its North West Shelf gas project to 2070, with Environment Minister Murray Watt formally rejecting challenges by environment groups over the gas facility.

Woodside a step closer to North West Shelf gas approval

Allen Newton THE PATH appears to have been cleared for environment minister Murray Watt to approve Woodside’s North West Shelf gas extension with his rejection of environmental groups’ call for a delay to the decision. Geoff Bice, WA campaign lead at Greenpeace Australia Pacific, responded to the refusal of the North West Shelf reconsideration request. Greenpeace Australia and the Conservation Council of WA had sought the delay of a decision by …

Woodside’s WA gas export expansion emissions greater than all Australia’s coal power stations - The Australia Institute

New Australia Institute research shows emissions from Western Australia’s gas exports are 182 million tonnes CO2e annually, which is:

Traditional custodian takes legal action against Environment Minister ahead of Woodside decision

Murujuga traditional custodian Raelene Cooper has launched legal action against the Minister for Water and the Environment in the Federal Court to compel Murray Watt to make a determination of her Murujuga Section 10 cultural heritage assessment, which has been with the federal government for more than three years. It comes as the Environment Minister is set to make a decision about Woodside’s North West Shelf extension, which bears on Cooper’s …