--- title: Woodside hasty investment deal for Scarborough gas description: Woodside is pushing ahead as quickly as possible with financials for development of Scarborough gas --- [![Greenpeace](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/hs-fs/hubfs/GPAP-Master-Logo-Green-RGB_Web-1.png?width=2259&height=348&name=GPAP-Master-Logo-Green-RGB_Web-1.png "Greenpeace")](https://www.greenpeace.org.au) [![Canopy Logo](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/hubfs/raw_assets/public/gpap-main-theme/images/the-canopy/the-canopy-logo.png)](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy) The Canopy is a weekday morning email newsletter provided by the team at Greenpeace Australia Pacific. # Woodside hasty investment deal for Scarborough gas Thursday, 20 January 2022 Woodside is pushing ahead as quickly as possible with financials for development of Burrup Hub. Angus Taylor is pushing for 'blue carbon' offset approach.  And Perth is heading for ANOTHER heatwave in as many weeks. [Expanding national parks not enough to protect nature, say scientists](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/19/expanding-national-parks-not-enough-to-protect-nature-say-scientists-aoe) Governments are expected to commit to a Paris-style agreement for nature at Cop15 in Kunming, China, later this year, with targets that include protecting at least 30% of the oceans and land by 2030. [Blue carbon projects to offset emissions like ‘handing out Monopoly money’](https://www.mandurahmail.com.au/story/7586235/offsets-handed-out-like-monopoly-money/) "Blue carbon" is among a range of new options from Angus Taylor’s farcical approach to reducing emissions that can earn credits in Australia's voluntary carbon market. But what is blue carbon? Read on... [ExxonMobil Announces lousy ambition for Net Zero](https://abcnews.go.com/Business/experts-slam-oil-giant-exxon-mobils-net-ambition/story?id=82325190) The company announced an "ambition" to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in its operations in the next three decades, but fell short of making any commitments to offset or reduce the massive amounts of Earth-warming emissions from the fossil fuels that account for the company's profits. [Perth is sweltering through ANOTHER heatwave in as many weeks](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-19/perth-karrakatta-bushfire-warning/100767898) The Department of Health declared Perth was entering a heatwave, the second such event in just four weeks. [Woodside closes investment deal for Pluto LNG Train 2, part of Scarborough huge deep sea gas drill](https://transition.meltwater.com/paywall/redirect/ZUBhpJapLsatvLh8tRval_R7k7I?cid=3baf1d2d-d96d-4119-a233-8d3c8009dc14&productType=search) Processing toxic gas from the Scarborough deep sea gas-drilling project off WA’s biodiverse-rish Pilbara coast for the next 30 years, the expanded facility will be part of Woodside’s Burrup Hub development, one of Australia’s most climate polluting projects ever proposed. [gas](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/tag/gas), [energy policy](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/tag/energy-policy), [climate change](https://blog.greenpeace.org.au/the-canopy/tag/climate-change) ### Will you share with your friends? 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