SYDNEY, Friday 8 Could 2026 — In response to stories that the Division of Local weather Change, Power, the Setting and Water will this yr make a advice on Woodside’s Browse gasoline challenge, the next assertion could be attributed to Hannah Schuch, senior campaigner at Greenpeace Australia Pacific:
“Woodside’s plan to drill for gasoline on the doorstep of Scott Reef is reckless and harmful. The WA Environmental Safety Authority already made an preliminary discovering that Woodside’s plan to drill at the very least 50 wells close to Scott Reef, residence to nesting sea turtles, endangered pygmy blue whales and different endangered species, posed unacceptable dangers to the atmosphere.
“There isn’t any acceptable or protected technique to drill for gasoline, dump carbon, or construct industrial pipelines across the pristine Scott Reef. Setting Minister Murray Watt has a duty to guard the atmosphere and put an finish to this harmful challenge. Minister Watt and the Albanese Labor authorities’s environmental credentials experience on defending Scott Reef from Woodside’s air pollution for good.
“Defending Scott Reef by rejecting Woodside’s appalling Browse plans, that embody the export of gasoline for which worldwide demand is declining, could be a legacy second for the Federal Labor authorities. As Australians, we love our island nation and our massive blue yard, and we count on our elected leaders to safeguard our oceans and reefs.
“Greenpeace is asking for Murray Watt to take heed to the half 1,000,000 Australians which have requested him to cease this nature and climate-wrecking challenge and shield Scott Reef for generations to come back.”
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Excessive-res photos and photographs of Scott Reef could be discovered right here.
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