Conservation Council WA, Greenpeace, Environs Kimberley and state Greens MP Sophie McNeill said Cook was adhering to the interest of gas companies instead of considering communities.

McNeill described the bargaining as "environmental blackmail."

Both Woodside's Browse and Black Mountain's Valhalla fracking plan are awaiting a verdict on their planning application.
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Western Australian premier Roger Cook has provoked the ire of environmental campaigners who today gathered on the steps of Parliament House in Perth, angered by his comments that WA might be "forced to...

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