环境团体提起诉讼,以气候和文化损害为由,阻止40年的天然气项目延期。 Environmental groups sue to block 40-year gas project extension, citing climate and cultural harm.

澳大利亚联邦法院已经提出了两项法律质疑,试图推翻联邦政府批准将Woodside西北大陆架煤气枢纽延长40年的决定,目前该枢纽将持续到2070年。 Two legal challenges have been filed in Australia’s Federal Court seeking to overturn the federal government’s approval of a 40-year extension to Woodside’s North West Shelf gas hub, now set to run until 2070. 澳大利亚保护基金会和澳大利亚摇滚艺术之友认为环境部长Murray Watt未经适当评估其环境和文化影响而非法批准该项目。 The Australian Conservation Foundation and Friends of Australian Rock Art argue Environment Minister Murray Watt unlawfully approved the project without properly assessing its environmental and cultural impacts. 他们争辩说,这项决定没有考虑到该项目的全部污染、气候变化的影响或对穆鲁朱加岩石艺术的不可逆转的损害——这是教科文组织的世界遗产遗址,有古代雕刻,包括最早已知的对人脸的描绘。 They contend the decision failed to consider the project’s full pollution, climate change effects, or the irreversible damage to the Murujuga rock art—a UNESCO World Heritage site with ancient carvings, including the earliest known depiction of a human face. 这些团体还声称,部长不正当地依赖一个无关气体项目的经济利益,缺乏关于排放和气体加工的基本数据。 The groups also claim the minister improperly relied on economic benefits from an unrelated gas project and lacked essential data on emissions and gas processing. 这些挑战是在州一级不断提起法律诉讼之后出现的。 The challenges follow an ongoing state-level lawsuit. Woodside没有发表评论。 Woodside has not commented.