A coalition of environmental groups has taken aim at the regulator of offshore decommissioning in a joint statement launched this morning in Canberra.
The Wilderness Society, the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Friends of the Earth Melbourne, the Environment Centre Northern Territory and the Conservation Council Western Australia have issued a “statement of concern” lamenting the “failure” of the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) to properly ensure companies such as Santos and Woodside clean up after their offshore extraction.
Crikey has written a lot about the potential coming crisis around redundant
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