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Tracey Ferrier

ACF bid to halt Scarborough gas project

A court has been urged to halt progress on the Scarborough gas project off WA. (AAP)

The Federal Court has been asked to halt Woodside Energy's offshore Scarborough gas project until its impact on the Great Barrier Reef is assessed under environmental laws.

The Australian Conservation Foundation is fighting the $16.5 billion project in court, calling it a "climate bomb" that will amplify climate change harms including repeated coral bleaching events.

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