Woodside's massive North West Shelf gas project extended to 2070

Woodside's bid to widen nan life of its North West Shelf state task until 2070 has been fixed nan greenish light.

Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt coming approved nan monolithic improvement adjacent Indigenous stone art, but pinch strict conditions.

The determination ends almost 7 years of approvals processes and a bid for ancient stone creation successful nan region to beryllium fixed World Heritage status. 

"Following nan information of rigorous technological and different proposal including submissions from a wide cross-section of nan community, I person coming made a projected determination to o.k. this development, taxable to strict conditions, peculiarly relating to nan effect of aerial emissions levels from nan cognition of an expanded on-shore Karratha state plant," Watt said successful a statement.

Watt's first awesome determination successful nan caller domiciled was hailed by nan resources manufacture but near ambiance campaigners and Indigenous advocates devastated.

"This flies successful nan look of each of nan technological grounds connected ambiance change," Australian Conservation Foundation campaigner Piper Rollins said.

Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia main executive Rebecca Tomkinson said it was a "really important measurement successful ensuring nan ongoing power security".

Traditional Owners are now preparing for a ineligible conflict to situation nan decision. 

The support is taxable to biology conditions, and while Woodside is already welcoming nan decision, nan power elephantine is still considering nan afloat implications of those conditions. It has 10 days to respond. 

The WA Greens said nan support was "quicker than what Peter Dutton was doing" but Labor Premier Roger Cook defended nan move.

"The subject is nan science," he said.

"We tin adequately negociate nan taste practice issues successful that region."

If nan Woodside task progresses, it paves nan measurement to drill nan adjacent Browse Basin, Australia's largest untapped state field.

The Australian Marine Conservation Society condemned nan approval, informing it would unfastened nan doorway to drilling astatine Scott Reef.

"This highly regrettable determination paves nan measurement for massively polluting fossil state from nan Browse Basin to beryllium drilled and processed astatine nan NWS — and that puts Scott Reef straight successful nan firing line," main executive Paul Gamblin said.

"Scott Reef is simply a remote, globally important coral ecosystem that has remained mostly untouched. Approving a task that could industrialise its waters is reckless, short-sighted and profoundly distressing."

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