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The Australian government is pressuring the oil and gas regulator to take less action on pollution

Published On 04 Mar 2022 11:37 AM


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An instruction from the federal government to the offshore environment regulator to overlook the oil and gas sector's large indirect emissions while considering its economic advantages might lead to legal challenges.

Resources Minister Keith Pitt told the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority that he expected it to only consider direct emissions from projects it evaluated because indirect, or s....


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