Santos plans to resume gas project in Timor Sea
Friday, 21 July 2023
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Oil and gas giant Santos hopes to resume drilling in the Timor Sea by the end of the year. It comes after work on the $5.3bn Barossa gas project was suspended in 2022 after the Federal Court found Santos failed to consult local Indigenous people adequately on the development.
Environmental activists Bob Brown, Kristy Alger and Karen Weldrick faced Hobart Magistrates Court to enter not guilty pleas over charges stemming from protest action defending swift parrot habitat from logging activity. Dr Brown says the real criminals are those in power “aiding and abetting" the extinction of wildlife.
Critics of the federal government’s Climate Active program are calling for an independent investigation to probe for potential greenwashing. The program has certified several fossil fuel companies or their products as “carbon neutral” through the purchase of offsets – instead of requiring actual cuts in emissions.
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