A major multinational gas venture has just secured federal approval to ramp up extraction in rural Queensland — locking in operations for the next 55 years.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/35539332

Climate Council senior advisor Ben McLeod said the decision was difficult to reconcile with Australia’s emission reduction commitments.

“To see that they had approved it until 2081 — more than three decades after Australia should be reaching its net zero targets — is shocking,” he said.

  • arbilp3@aussie.zone
    2·
    1 day ago

    Shocking or brazenly cynical? The wheelers and dealers at the top of this tower of Babel or babble don’t care about our world, the world the young will have to ‘deal’ with in the near future. Feel disgusted.

    • Mantzy81@aussie.zoneEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      Eventually the heel of capitalism affects us all. What we do to respond to the atrocities is a sign and of itself.