Woodside faces challenge over Burrup Hub LNG plans amid pollution and rock art fears
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The challenge centres on approvals to process gas taken from the Browse and Scarborough fields.
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Conservationists are seeking to overturn approvals for Woodside s proposed Burrup Hub LNG expansion in WA, warning it could unleash billions of tonnes of carbon pollution and endanger ancient rock art.
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It says a full environmental impact assessment has not been done
The WA Government and Woodside have been contacted for comment
The Conservation Council WA is targeting the approvals to process gas from the Scarborough and Browse fields at the Burrup in the WA Supreme Court.
Woodside vows to vigorously defend green group s legal challenge of Burrup hub approvals
Woodside vows to vigorously defend green group s legal challenge of Burrup hub approvals
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The Conservation Council of WA is taking Woodside and Western Australia s environmental regulator to court to overturn changes to Burrup Hub approvals it says contravene the state s Environmental Protection Act.
But Woodside has vowed to defend the recent changes to approvals granted by WA s Environmental Protection Authority last year that allow for Woodside s Karratha and Pluto gas plants in the Pilbara to process gas from the Scarborough and Browse fields.
Woodside vows to vigorously defend green group s legal challenge of Burrup hub approvals
Woodside vows to vigorously defend green group s legal challenge of Burrup hub approvals
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The Conservation Council of WA is taking Woodside and Western Australia s environmental regulator to court to overturn changes to Burrup Hub approvals it says contravene the state s Environmental Protection Act.
But Woodside has vowed to defend the recent changes to approvals granted by WA s Environmental Protection Authority last year that allow for Woodside s Karratha and Pluto gas plants in the Pilbara to process gas from the Scarborough and Browse fields.