A MARDathoonera woman who has submitted a last-minute application to the federal court to stop the northwest of Woodside has again threatened legal steps after the approval.
“You see in court,” said Raelene Cooper in a statement.
‘I am not alone, I bring warriors from this Ngurra [Country] With me. “
Newly appointed Minister of Environment Murray Watt approved an extension of 40 years on Wednesday at the Major Liquified Gas Plant-Om to run until 2070.
The northwestern plank is a vast industrial complex of offshore -rigs and processing factories that pump more than 10 million tons of liquid gas and petroleum every year.
The proposed approval is subject to strict conditions with regard to the impact of air emissions of the extensive Onshore gas factory in Karratha, a city in the Pilbara region in West -Australia.
Meg O’Neill, CEO of Woodside Petroleum, said: “We have a 10 -day window to work with the department to understand the conditions and we look forward to doing that work as quickly as possible.”
“In recent years, the conversation in Australia has moved to a conversation where there is more recognition that we have to manage the pace of the energy transition … and we must ensure that we tackle that costs of living,” she said, celebrating the decision.
Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe described the move as one that “will alleviate the wick of this carbon bomb”, while the lack of consultation is convicted if one that first Nations Peoples excludes “decisions about our own country”.
“The minister flew to WA to meet stakeholders, but refused to meet the preservators of Murujuga. Choosing the reconciliation week to penetrate this decision, while the side the first peoples, not just disrespectful is it is shameful,” she said.
“There is clear evidence that industrial pollution destroys the old rock art of Murujuga, which is one of the oldest and most sacred cultural expression on earth.”
O’Neill said that Woodside has undergone “scientific in combination with cultural heritage work” to control and understand the impact of emissions.
Traditional owners have expressed their concern about the impact of the extensive project on Sacred Rock Art and have launched legal steps in an attempt to force Watt to protect the artwork.
Watt has rejected last-minute objections against the expansion of environmental organizations, Greenpeace and the Conservation Council of Wa, who said that Watt had refused to meet them.
“Based on the evidence for me and the recommendations of the department, my proposed decision is subject to strict conditions,” said Watt.
“My responsibility is to consider the acceptability of the impact of the project on protected matters. In this case, the impact of air emissions on the Murujuga Rock Art that is part of the Dampier archipelago was considered part of the assessment process.
“I have ensured that sufficient protection for rock art is central in my proposed decision.”
David Ritter, CEO of Greenpeace Australia Pacific, condemned the decision as a decision that “brings the toxic gas plans of Woodside closer to Scott Reef, stops the clean energy transition in WA and feeds the growing climate damage in Australia and the whole world”.
The adjacent Pacific islands, who already experienced their coastlines that had been eaten by rising seas, had encouraged Australia to close the factory.
Minister of Climate Change, Maina Talia, said: “The leaders of the Pacific Ocean have made clear – there is no future for our nations if the expansion of fossil fuels will take place.”
“The expansion of the northwest would lock the emissions until 2070, threaten our survival and violate the spirit of the Pacific-Australia Climate Partnership,” he said prior to this week’s decision.
The government has postponed a final decision twice until after the elections, after approval of the WA government.
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