{"id":45,"date":"2024-04-12T16:33:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T16:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/?p=45"},"modified":"2024-04-12T16:33:57","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T16:34:01","slug":"whali-seeks-access-to-lng-public-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/?p=45","title":{"rendered":"WHALI Seeks Access to LNG Public Records"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WHALI<\/p>\n

Kompas.com<\/em> reports that Bali’s Chapter of Friends of the Earth (WALHI-Bali)<\/em> has written and tabled their objections regarding the proposed LNG Terminal in South Bali to Bali’s Governor I Wayan Koster and PT Dewata Energi Bersih <\/em>\u2013 the company under contract to build the terminal.<\/p>\n

\"WHALI<\/p>\n

Bali Friends of Earth Demand Access to Public Records (Photo Luh De Suriyani\/Mongabay Indonesia<\/strong> <\/p>\n

The letter setting forth the case against the proposed LNG Terminal expressly objects to the lack of public information addressing the facility’s environmental impact on the adjoining mangrove conservation zone.<\/p>\n

More than one month after the letter, dated 11 August 2022,  Walhi <\/em>has yet to receive a formal response from either the Governor or PT Dewara Energi Bersih<\/em>. The Executive Director of WALHI Bali,<\/em> Made Krisna Dinata, said on Thursday, 15 September 2022: “If we count, more than 21 working days have passed – more than the ten days mandated for an answer under the law. For this reason, we are registering our formal objections.”<\/p>\n

In the subject letter, WALHI Bali<\/em> expressly asks for feasibility study documents, especially those studies related to piping to be installed under the mangroves, together with any accompanying documents related to the project.<\/p>\n

\"WHALI<\/p>\n

Public Protests Against Bali LNG Terminal <\/p>\n

WALHI<\/em> also demands a copy of any cooperative agreements between the Government’s Forestry Service <\/em>and the Environmental Protection Agency <\/em>with PT Dewata Energi Bersih<\/em> justifying the requirement for a strategic development project \u2013 such as the Gas Power Plant in a conservation zone.<\/p>\n

WALHI<\/em> also wants details on all the supporting facilities needed for the LNG Terminal and piping system that will crisscross the Ngurah Rai Forestry Park (Taman Hutan Raya Ngurah Rai)<\/em> located in South Denpasar. <\/p>\n

Also sought are copies of the agreement and related public documents signed by the Province of Bali <\/em>on Wednesday, 17 April 2022, approving the controversial project.<\/p>\n

“This demand for public documents under established freedom of information protections underlines that WAHLI Bali <\/em>is an organization dedicated to protecting the environment and is entitled to this information so the public can play an informed role in creating public policy,” explained Krisna.<\/p>\n

The proposed LNG Terminal in Sanur and close to Bali’s Benoa Harbor has been the object of strong public protests from the local community, complaining of a lack of openness regarding the terminal, possible infringement of the project on religious temples in the area, and a security threat posed by storing LNG close to Islands seaport and airport.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Kompas.com reports that Bali’s Chapter of Friends of the Earth (WALHI-Bali) has written and tabled their objections regarding the proposed LNG Terminal in South Bali to Bali’s Governor I Wayan Koster and PT Dewata Energi Bersih \u2013 the company under contract to build the terminal. Bali Friends of Earth Demand Access to Public Records (Photo Luh De Suriyani\/Mongabay Indonesia The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wlbrs-catalog.ru\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}