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‘Dodged a bullet’: Residents cheer rejection of Crib Point gas import hub – The Age
Following a 3½-year campaign to stop a planned gas import terminal at Crib Point, residents were all smiles when they learnt the government had knocked back the…
French Island behind us would have been completely invisible.
The $250 million proposal, from power company AGL and pipeline business APA, generated substantial local opposition, with an environment effects statement (EES) process garnering more than 6000 submissions.
Campaign leaders Chris Atmore and Jane Carnegie.Credit:Justin McManus
AGL had been pursuing plans to build the floating import terminal in order to increase gas supplies in Victoria and NSW and prevent winter shortfalls.
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