Art activists in legal bid to kill massive gas project
Environmental activists face another obstacle as a controversial gas project as it starts an 11th hour proposal to overthrow the state government’s approval.
The friends of Australian rock art are challenging the environmental approval of the Western Australian government to expand the life of Woodside Energy’s Great North West Shelf attempt.
The Court of Cassation against the WA government and Woodside will argue that the state does not take into account the effect of climate change caused by the project, including the impact of domestic rock art in the region.
“The North West Shelf extension proposed by Woodsyide is one of the most pollutant fossil fuel projects in the world and will have serious consequences for the environment of Western Australia as a whole,” he said.
Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt gave temporary approval to push the life of the project from 2030 to 2070 in May following WA’s approval in December.
Woodsyide is currently thinking about the strict federal conditions on cultural heritage and air quality, which Senator Watt says that 60,000 -year -old Murujuga will not be destroyed.
No final decision was made.
Activists say that their cases in the WA court may affect the approval of the Nations Community based on the state assessment to meet federal laws.
Mardathoonera woman Raelene Cooper had previously initiated legal proceedings against Commonwealth to force a legacy application to protect the rock art to hear the case in mid -July with the Federal Court.
WoodSide’s project is based on the Buroup Peninsula in Northwest WA, an area known as Murujuga.
He was nominated for the UNESCO World Heritage List because it includes the world’s largest Aborigin rock art collection.
The company said he was aware of Rock Art Group’s case.
“We rely on the strength of the comprehensive approval process of the state government,” he said.
“We have no other interpretation because it is in front of the court.”
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