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Great Australian Bight: Norwegian energy company given environmental approval to drill for oil
Federal offshore petroleum regulator announces approval as environmental groups signal likely legal challenge
The Norwegian energy giant Equinor has been granted environment approval for its controversial bid to drill to explore for oil in the Great Australian Bight.
- Adam Morton
- The Guardian
The decision, announced by the federal offshore petroleum regulator on Wednesday, means Equinor has cleared the second, and most significant, of four regulatory hurdles it…
Environment groups immediately flagged a…