In correspondence in response to the Woodside edition Dr Shaun Watson and Dr Kate Wylie write about Doctors for the Environment Australia's recent Federal Court in our case against the
National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority
(NOPSEMA) and Woodside.Federal Court case against the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) and Woodside.
We hold grave concerns about the approval of any project that causes greenhouse gas emissions, because all these emissions combine to cause harm. Woodside’s environmental plan argues that the staggering 878 million tonnes of CO2 planned to be produced by Scarborough across its projected life are “de minimis,” or of negligible environmental impact. For doctors, just as every cigarette does damage, every tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent adds to global heating and health harms.
Read the full article in the Quarterly Essay (paywalled)