澳大利亚批准Woodside的西北大陆架天然气项目延长至2070年, Australia approves Woodside’s North West Shelf gas project extension to 2070 with new emissions rules, facing legal challenges over environmental and Indigenous concerns.

澳大利亚政府批准了Woodside Energy提出的将Karratha西北大陆架天然气项目延长至2070年的请求, The Australian government approved Woodside Energy’s request to extend the North West Shelf gas project in Karratha to 2070, following negotiations that led to revised environmental conditions. 最后48项条件要求Woodside将排放量维持在批准前12个月内的水平,允许对2030年之前的现有作业进行预测性监测,并在第三方气体加工开始之前进行持续监测。 The final 48 conditions require Woodside to maintain emissions at levels no higher than those in the 12 months before approval, allowing predictive monitoring for existing operations until 2030, with continuous monitoring required before third-party gas processing begins. 这个决定是在Woodside退出实时监测和五年排放目标后作出的, 环境及土著团体对该项目对附近的教科文组织列入的穆鲁朱加岩石艺术网站的影响提出法律挑战。 The decision, which came after Woodside pushed back on real-time monitoring and five-year emission targets, is under legal challenge by environmental and Indigenous groups concerned about the project’s impact on the nearby UNESCO-listed Murujuga rock art site.