Critics say extending life of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas processing plant on Burrup Peninsula could result in billions of tonnes of climate pollution
The Conservation Council of WA say total emissions from the extension of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas processing plant on the Burrup Hub could reach 6bn tonnes once the gas is exported and burned overseas.The Conservation Council of WA say total emissions from the extension of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas processing plant on the Burrup Hub could reach 6bn tonnes once the gas is exported and burned overseas.
Western Australia is tearing up environmental protections – and taking a bet the rest of the country won’t notice | Carmen LawrenceBut the WA government last month announced it would change rules so that the EPA would no longer regulate emissions from development proposals that released significant climate pollution.
The Conservation Council of WA’s executive director, Jess Beckerling, said total emissions from the extension of fossil fuel operations on the Burrup Hub could reach 6bn tonnes once the gas was exported and burned overseas. “Our expectation is the requirements for projects to reduce emissions through the safeguard mechanism will cumulatively result in the same if not stronger action on emissions,” they said. “It does not change our commitment to working with all sectors of the economy to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
WA is the only Australian state without a 2030 emissions reduction target, and the only state in which climate pollution has increased over the past 20 years. National data says climate pollution in the five eastern states fell by at least 27% between 2005 and 2022 while rising 8% in WA, largely due to the state’s expanding gas export industry.
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