Woodside is set to make a final investment decision on a major LNG project in Western Australia's north within weeks, but opponents are vowing to push on with their attempts to stop it.The project involves developing Woodside's Scarborough gas field and expanding its Pluto facility
Woodside received an important financial boost this week, selling a 49 per cent stake in its $7.6 billion proposed second train at Pluto to New York-based Global Infrastructure Partners . "The development of Scarborough has been assessed by the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority, the Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment and the Australian National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority," the spokesperson said.
WA and the Northern Territory were the only Australian jurisdictions to record increases in the time frame between 2005 and 2019.The concern from environmental groups is that the expanded Pluto project would further increase WA's emissions, with Woodside estimating the upgraded plant would emit 3.6 million tonnes of greenhouse gases a year.
Speaking to the ABC in June Ms O'Neill said Woodside aspired to be net zero by 2050 "if not sooner" and believed short and mid-term goals were helping the company to reach that. Woodside chief executive Meg O'Neill says H2Perth would be a landmark project, both for Woodside and WA. "It's very easy for companies to say 'well, we can offset or reduce our emissions in Australia,' but the truth is the planet doesn't care where the boundaries are," Dr Lawrence said.
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