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Woodside’s North West Shelf approval is by no means a one-off. Here are 6 other giant gas projects to watch

The federal government’s decision to extend the life of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas plant in Western Australia has been condemned as a climate disaster.

The Conversation

Woodside gas project given WA environmental approval

After six years of assessment and hundreds of appeals against it, a massive Woodside gas project has been given WA environmental approval to operate until 2070.

AAP

EPA deals ‘major blow’ to Woodside’s multibillion-dollar gas drilling plan at Browse basin

Scientists flagged risks to migrating whales, a beach where endangered turtles make nests and potential oil spill destroying a pristine environment

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Woodside Energy deal to secure domestic WA gas supply

Woodside Energy says it is in the final stages of striking a deal with the West Australian government to make more gas available for the local market.

AAP

Offshore oil regulator ‘avoiding scrutiny’ over approval for Woodside blasting and drilling

Environmental lawyers concerned Nopsema has not published its reasons for approving work at Scarborough gas development

The Guardian - AU

ABC seeks to protect Woodside protest footage sources

ABC bosses are being scrutinised about the national broadcaster's coverage of a climate protest at the home of an energy company's boss.

AAP

WA activist charged over Woodside protest says police pointed gun at him day before

Emil Davey says officer pulled over his car, pointed a gun and shouted at him but after his vehicle was searched he was released without charge

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Activist to fight data access charge to protect sources

Well-known anti-Woodside activist Jesse Noakes has pleaded not guilty to failing to obey a data access order after WA police seized his laptop and phone.

AAP

Buru Energy investigates potential for floating liquefied natural gas facility in the Kimberley

A decade after conflict at James Price Point prompted Woodside to abandon its gas hub plans for the region, another energy giant is looking at establishing a floating LNG facility off the coast.

ABC News

Burrup's World Heritage nomination 'inconsistent' with heavy industry, Carmen Lawrence says

The former WA premier says past governments made mistakes approving heavy industry near ancient Aboriginal rock carvings in the Pilbara.

ABC News

Protesters fined for Woodside blockade, police seeking $33,000 in costs

Two protesters may have to pay police $33,000 in compensation over a demonstration in Western Australia's north that blocked access to the country's biggest LNG hub.

ABC News

Federal assessment of millennia-old rock art begins on Western Australia's Burrup Peninsula

An independent reporter is visiting the region to see what impact industrial emissions are having on the rock art, and whether it can be moved.

ABC News

Woodside's multi-billion-dollar Scarborough gas expansion off northern WA sparks global protests

The energy giant's plans have sparked protests in Germany, but the debate on the streets of Karratha is more complex.

ABC News

Penny Wong calls for quiet negotiations over gas project after Jose Ramos-Horta warns Timor Leste may turn to China

Timor Leste President José Ramos-Horta has used a series of media interviews to warn that his country may turn to a Chinese company to fund a contentious gas project if the Australian government doesn't "intervene" and lean on Woodside.

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Fresh bid to halt Scarborough gas project

Western Australia's conservation council has launched a fresh legal challenge against approvals related to Woodside's $16 billion Scarborough project.

The Guardian - AU

Fifty-year extension for Australia’s biggest CO2 emitter attracts record number of appeals

Woodside’s gas processing facility in Western Australia’s Pilbara region attracts 759 appeals against it, up from the previous record of 170

The Conversation

Why this new climate case against the high-polluting Scarborough gas project is so significant

A major new climate case to stop Woodside’s controversial Scarborough gas project going ahead has been filed by the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) in the federal court this week. ACF lawyers argue that the potential for the project’s emissions to harm the Great Barrier Reef must be assessed.

Tribune News Service

'Outrageous': Gas prices reach new record high in California, US

WOODSIDE, California — Gas prices in the Bay Area and California broke records again Wednesday, with some stations hitting $7 a gallon for mid- and premium-grade, exacerbating concerns about inflation and the region’s exceptionally high cost of living.

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Liverpool Echo

War museum to kickstart £20m transformation of town's waterfront

Battle of the Atlantic centre is one of many projects set to change the face of Birkenhead

Glasgow Live

Glasgow community halls could reopen as talks over deal set to get approval

Councillors will be asked to approve negotiations with two charities over leases for Woodside Halls and Molendinar Community Centre when they meet on Thursday.

ABC News

Tim Winton uses Perth Festival address to denounce fossil fuel reliance, arts sponsorship

Tim Winton is the latest Perth Festival artist to denounce Woodside's Scarborough gas project in WA, as well as the fossil fuel company's sponsorship of an arts festival event.

Los Angeles Times

Wealthy town has an answer against building affordable housing: Mountain lions

The well-heeled Silicon Valley suburb of Woodside has come up with a novel way to block plans that would potentially bring in more affordable housing: Declare itself Cougar Town.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Mountain lion sanctuary? Just another ridiculous attempt to skirt new housing law

When the wealthy suburb of Woodside on the San Francisco Peninsula declared itself a mountain lion habitat, it was such a shameless ploy to exempt itself from a new state law allowing more housing density that not even mountain lion advocates bought it.

The Guardian - US

Wealthy California town cites mountain lion habitat to deny affordable housing

Officials in Woodside – a mansion-filled, tech entrepreneur enclave – claim wildcat land keeps them from building multi-unit homes

Reason

California City Says It Can't Allow Duplexes Because It's Already Overrun by Mountain Lions

"Every house that's built is one more acre taken away from (mountain lions') habitat. Where are they going to go?" asks Woodside Mayor Dick Brown.

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