It has been described as a 'carbon bomb'. Over its lifetime, Woodside Energy's Scarborough-Pluto gas project in WA will emit almost 1.4 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases, which is three times Australia’s current annual emissions. Can we really reach Net Zero by 2050 with projects like this? Oh you betcha, said Prime Minister Albanese and his new Resources Minister, WA's Madeleine King, as they green-lit the project this week. But there's still time to challenge it, as Greenpeace's Clean Energy Transition Spokesperson Jess Panegyres tells Ant and Elfy. Also on the pod, why gas prices are spiking, the ultra-long todo list for our new Environment Minister, and some much-needed perspective on this freezing cold outbreak in south-eastern Australia. All that and more on The Canary!

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