PERTH, Friday 9 February 2024 An approval of fossil giant Woodside Energy's plans for the Burrup Hub gas project - Australia's biggest climate threat - would only exacerbate extreme heat in WA, Greenpeace Australia Pacific said today.
The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast yet another heatwave for Perth with Friday and Saturday expected to reach a top of 41C.
"Heatwaves and extreme weather are linked to fossil fuel-driven climate change. We will only see more of these kinds of heatwaves and extreme weather if Woodside is allowed to develop massive new fossil fuel projects in WA," Greenpeace Australia Pacific Head of Climate and Energy Jess Panegyres said today.
"Heatwaves put lives, livelihoods, and communities at risk. Soaring temperatures not only pose individual health dangers but also put entire ecosystems and communities at increased.
"Companies like Woodside are fanning the flames of climate change by pushing ahead with polluting fossil fuel projects.
"Global heating, caused mainly by the extraction and burning of coal, oil and gas, is driving the radical destabilisation of our climate.
"Woodside's massive Burrup Hub project is far and away the most polluting fossil fuel proposal in Australia - it's a disaster in the making for our environment and our climate. Extreme heat is just one of the devastating consequences that West Australians will suffer, should this project go ahead."
