Transparency Net Zero: new fossil fuel approvals by Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek on the up - Michael West
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Fossil fuel project approvals fell under Labor after a Scott Morrison flurry but they are on the rise. Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek

Such approvals are difficult to keep track of, with a complex web of state and federal approvals requiring expert understanding.

Despite government promises to overhaul environmental laws, fossil fuel approvals are difficult to keep track of and get made with very little fanfare.

Tanya Plibersek’s three fossil fuel approvals, two coal and one gas, ranks ahead of the six coal mines that Keith Pitt approved as environment minister in the last 12 months of the Morrison government.

Plibersek’s office has declined to comment on whether they expect their fossil fuel approvals will match or exceed their predecessors within the current term.

Santos’ wins fracking approval for Towrie gas development from Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek.

These approvals provided by the Federal Environment Minister do not represent the total new fossil fuel projects which have been given approvals to commence in Australia lately.

The Federal Minister for Environment has approval powers over projects where the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation is triggered.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    “There was the late afternoon approval of coal mines, the sly Woodside gas tax carve out ($) and now the ‘Favour for Santos’ Bill.

    Plibersek’s office has declined to comment on whether they expect their fossil fuel approvals will match or exceed their predecessors within the current term.

    Ensham is a joint venture between Japanese conglomerate Idemitsu (partly through its subsidiary company, Bligh Coal Limited), and Bowen Investment operating out of Sydney.

    In March, the proponents of Isaac River, Bowen Coking Coal, began production from another new mine that already had federal approval, Ellensfield South.

    According to Rod Campbell, Towrie “isn’t that big, but it’s a discrete new approval that would feed into Santos’ LNG export terminal at Gladstone.”

    The Federal Minister for Environment has approval powers over projects where the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) is triggered.

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