Scientists have examined the $16.5bn project’s climate impact and found it could expose more than half a million people to unprecedented heat * Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Greenhouse emissions linked to a gas field being developed by Australian fossil fuel company Woodside could lead to the death of at least 480 people and expose more than half a million to unprecedented heat, new research suggests. Scientists from six universities have examined the climate impact of the $16.5bn Scarborough project, which is expected to start production off the northern Western Australian coast next year and could result in 876m tonnes of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere over three decades. Continue reading...

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