@dantheclamman

A big shoutout to BP's Kwinana refinery which, with the complicity of WA's corporate captured government kept producing leaded petrol way past 1996.

The government's own article below celebrates this remarkable achievement.

#WesternAustralia #Perth #ColinBarnett #Kwinana #BP

https://www.wa.gov.au/government/media-statements/Court%20Coalition%20Government/Opening-of-BP-Kwinana-refinery-project-resulting-in-lower-lead-levels-in-petrol-19960202

Opening of BP Kwinana refinery project resulting in lower lead levels in petrol | Western Australian Government

2/2/96Lead levels in petrol have again been reduced significantly as a result of new high-tech upgrades at BP Kwinana's oil refinery.

Western Australian Government

Alcoa confirms permanent shutdown of Kwinana alumina refinery, south of Perth

US aluminium giant Alcoa says there is no “sustainable” path to restarting its Kwinana refinery in Western Australia…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #ABCNews #abcnewsperth #Alcoa #alcoaclosingkwinanarefinery #alcoakwinana #alcoanews #alcoaperth #alcoarefinery #AU #Australia #businessnews #kwinana #Perth #Refinery #wa #waminingnews #westernaustralianews
https://www.newsbeep.com/154692/

Claims fuel tanker heading to WA is filled with banned Russian oil

Ukrainian and Australian campaigners say a tanker due to dock this week in Kwinana, 40 kilometres south of…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #720 #720Perth #ABCRadioPerth #AU #Australia #Kremlin #kwinana #Oil #Russia #Sanctions #tanker #Ukraine
https://www.newsbeep.com/18424/

So WA gov want to shift the container port from #Fremantle to #Kwinana. Ok... but is there any planning for projected sea level rise from #climatechange ? 10m rise with 4C warming will put both these areas under high tide.
#auspol

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-29/kwinana-container-port-kwinana-westport-fremantle-port/103167394

WA government unveils new plan to shift container shipping to Kwinana, freeing up land at Fremantle Port

The WA government says it is one step closer to moving commercial shipping from Fremantle port to Kwinana, freeing up 260 hectares of prime water-front land for redevelopment.

ABC News