The WA government has rejected a record number of community appeals and approved an extension until 2070 of North West Shelf, the centrepiece of Woodside’s Burrup Hub, which would make it the most polluting gas project in the Southern Hemisphere while also threatening UNESCO World Heritage-nominated Murujuga rock art.
The decision from the WA government now shifts the onus to federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to decide the Albanese government’s response to Woodside’s Burrup Hub, the primary test for climate and cultural heritage in the country.
We need your help to call on Minister Plibersek to reject these plans!
*** Call Minister Tanya Plibersek now on: (02) 6277 7920 ***
Speaking points for your call:
- Ask their staffers if you can leave a message for the Minister.
- The staffer will ask for your name, suburb and why you are calling.
- IMPORTANT! Let them know that you're worried about the impending decision on the North West Shelf Extension. Ie., I am personally worried about climate change and increased emissions in WA because…
- Ask: Please reject Woodside’s gas expansion plans.
Explain the threat of the NWS extension.
- Extending the project to 2070 could lock in over 6 billion tonnes of climate pollution, more than 14 times Australia’s annual emissions!
- NWS will worsen climate change impacts, including jarrah forests collapse, coral bleaching, deadly heatwaves and more!
- Murujuga (Burrup Peninsula) is home to over one million petroglyphs, some of which date back over 50,000 years. These beautiful and culturally significant artworks are eroding from the chemical pollution from the NWS!
- The NWS is completely at odds with the national target for net-zero emissions by 2050!
- If approved, NWS paves the way for the Browse gas project, where Woodside plans to drill 50 wells around the pristine Scott Reef.
- The NWS risks opening the pristine Kimberley region to tens of thousands of fracking wells.
Good luck, and let us know how the call goes.