1. Gorgon Project on Barrow Island
... ; it could potentially wipe out all the islands environmental values forever. Bringing sand and other basic raw materials from the mainland increase the risk of the introduction of weed, disease and invertebrate species onto Barrow. The Environmental Protection Authority concedes that weed or pest invasion is virtually certain, should the plan be approved. Extinction risk is greatly increased in ... threatening greenhouse gases, environmentalists anticipate total greenhouse emissions of 1.4mtpa CO2 - e for a 1 train project, which includes near-total disposal of all unwanted CO2 from the...
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