Concerns about endangered whales and turtles and the risk of an oil spill near a pristine reef present a major challenge for the federal government.
Western Australia’s environment watchdog is poised to recommend Woodside’s $30 billion-plus Browse gas export project not go ahead, forcing the federal government into a potential choice between environmental protection and its commitment to long-term gas supply to Australia’s trading partners.
“This project is important to the future gas supply of WA, and our regional partners, as it always has been,” she told an energy conference in 2023.With Chinese and Japanese investment and most of the gas slated for export, Browse aligns with the Future Gas Strategy King launched in May, which aims to make Australia a reliable energy supplier.
Greenpeace, which has collected more than 440,000 online signatures against Browse, welcomed the EPA’s stance. Its chief executive, David Ritter, said drilling for gas near a coral reef was irredeemably dangerous. Reef ecologist Dr Ben Fitzpatrick said the result was a 700-metre tower of dead coral and marine life that helped drive deep, nutrient-rich cold water to the surface, supporting a proliferation of marine life in an otherwise featureless area.
Fitzpatrick said Scott Reef was less affected by climate change than most coral reefs and it would be an injustice to see it damaged.A long approval road ahead
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