WA government put ‘very rosy spin’ on report into Woodside emissions at Murujuga, scientist’s private email says
by Graham Readfearn Environment and climate correspon from World news | The Guardian on (#6ZDDX)
Report part of a project used in lobbying effort to dismiss UN concerns that industrial emissions were damaging 50,000-year-old ancient rock art
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The Western Australia government put a very rosy spin" on a summary report of a project checking if pollutants from Woodside were damaging 50,000-year-old rock art, according to a private email sent by the lead scientist.
In an email released to the ABC, Murujuga Rock Art Monitoring Project lead scientist Prof Ben Mullins, of Curtin University, said the WA government had insisted" on writing the summary report, despite a contract saying that Curtin should write it.
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