Saturday, September 8, 2012

Gas giant Woodside silences advice on songlines | The Australian

Gas giant Woodside silences advice on songlines | The Australian:

WOODSIDE wrote to the West Australian government at least twice last year asking it to withdraw written advice about the possible existence of significant Aboriginal sites in areas disturbed by its proposed $40 billion James Price Point gas hub.

Any damage to the sites integral to an important Aboriginal men's song cycle could leave the resources giant and its directors liable for criminal prosecution under the state's Aboriginal Heritage Act.

A government spokesman confirmed that the Barnett government succumbed to Woodside's wishes and withdrew the letters.

Uploaded by on May 21, 2011
Nearly two years ago Redhand put up a video about the ancient Middens that could be found between James Price Point and Quondong. Yesterday, Redhand return to these sites, only to find total desecration of our Cultural Sites that are of national heritage and international importance.






http://youtu.be/EgrZhPWpQ5U
May 14, 2011
http://youtu.be/CXpj4cJow9g

May 24, 2011
http://youtu.be/1N7ABY93uY0

June 6, 2011
http://youtu.be/3M0uNwX-snQ 


1 comment:

  1. Delay the bastards as long as you can,other things are going ahead fast that are undermining the business case for JPP.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/09/world/europe/russia-and-japan-move-forward-on-natural-gas-deal.html?_r=1&ref=world

    VLADIVOSTOK, Russia — Gazprom, Russia’s state-controlled gas monopoly, signed an accord on Saturday with the government of Japan to move forward with plans for the construction of a $13 billion natural gas terminal here that would propel the Kremlin’s ambitions to multiply its business and trade ties in the Far East.
    ...
    Gazprom already sells natural gas to Japan, but another major deal would further reduce Russia’s reliance on Europe as its primary market.

    In a statement, Mr. Miller said that the Asia-Pacific market was “the most capacious in the world” and that within the next few years, sales by Gazprom to Asia would exceed its sales in Europe, where the company fills roughly a quarter of the Continent’s demand.
    ..................


    Angola LNG instead of heading for US is being marketed worldwide from London

    Friday, 07 September 2012


    The Angola LNG project is gearing up to sell its cargoes through a marketing company set up in London after burying the original plan devised in 2007 before the US shale-gas boom to deliver the LNG into the US market via a new import terminal in Mississippi.
    .................

    Threat to minerals,coal projects.

    http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/wall-street-journal/miners-face-years-of-weak-profits-says-macquarie/story-fnay3vxj-1226467308205

    Mark Bendall, a senior managing director at the investment bank's capital division, said that he expects spending on new resources projects in Australia to start falling from next year as more projects come online and fewer companies commit to new investments.
    ...

    SURGING minerals production will drive commodity prices even lower and increase the risk of more resource projects being shelved, according to resource economists.

    Quentin Grafton, chief economist and head of the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics, said supply of Australia's commodity exports would run well ahead of demand for the foreseeable future and lead to further price shocks.
    ...
    Galilee Basin coal projects beset by problems....
    ...

    Coking coal talks make Australian miners shiver....
    ...

    Atlas iron offloads SA uranium prospect...
    ...

    One bright spot,but of all the places they could have built it...the ACT...

    ACT to host nation’s biggest solar plant


    Friday, 7 September 2012

    THE Australian Capital Territory is set to become the national hub of solar energy with the construction of the largest solar plant built in Australia to date.

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