Western Australia’s decision to lift gas export ban will drive up emissions, conservationists say

Western Australia’s decision to lift gas export ban will drive up emissions, conservationists say

The Western Australian government has lifted a ban preventing onshore gas producers from exporting any of their gas.

The current WA premier, Roger Cook, said the state needed “a secure supply of gas as firming fuel in our system and to help us to become a global renewable energy powerhouse”.