Woodside and Colin Barnett's plan to wreck James Price Point is looking increasingly obsessive as leading companies turn their backs on obsolete onshore processing, the Greens said today.

Speaking from Broome today Greens Senator for Western Australia Scott Ludlam said "Shell and Exxon Mobil are pursuing floating LNG projects while Woodside clings to its plan to ruin the pristine coast at James Price Point".

A new report on whale numbers at James Price Point shows that Woodside has grossly underestimated the number of whales using the area, and that the science that informed the impact assessment is flawed.

“The potential impact of a gas hub at James Price Point on the vulnerable humpback whales that use the area has not been adequately assessed and is far higher than the company wants people to believe,” Senator Rachel Siewert, Australian Greens spokesperson for the Kimberley said today.

The Australian Greens said today that Woodside’s proposed massive gas hub at James Price Point will destroy areas of endangered ecological communities just listed by the Federal Government.

"The listing of monsoon vine thickets in the Kimberley as an endangered ecological community should be the final signal for Woodside to abandon James Price Point as the site for its gas hub," Senator Rachel Siewert, Australian Greens spokesperson on the Kimberley said today.

The Australian Greens say the WA Government should abandon any further attempts to compulsorily acquire land at James Price Point.

“The threat to compulsorily acquire land has led division amongst Aboriginal people and has undermined the concept of free, prior and informed consent,” Senator Rachel Siewert said today.

“Yet again we see another failure of due process, which demonstrates the Government’s lack of concern or consideration when it comes to James Price Point – they’re much more interested in developing their industrial hub, whatever the cost.

The Australian Greens say the obligation to protect James Price Point now lies with Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke, after the WA Government accepted the findings of the Appeals Committee’s report which found in favour of the original, tainted EPA assessment of the proposed LNG Hub and industrial gateway.

“It is incredibly disappointing that the WA Government has backed the findings of the flawed EPA assessment despite the astounding number of appeals lodged against their decision,” Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert said today.

The Australian Greens today launched a nation-wide campaign to protect the country's most precious ecological sites.

The ‘Too Precious To Lose' campaign will defend sites and species under threat: www.tooprecioustolose.org.au/#

Senators for Western Australia Scott Ludlam and Rachel Siewert will lead the campaigns to protect the Burrup Peninsula and James Price Point.

Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert urges all state and federal MPs should watch tonight’s episode of Catalyst on ABC to better understand the importance of the dinosaur track ways under threat by development at James Price Point.

“I encourage Premier Barnett and his Cabinet colleagues to spend some time in front of the TV tonight and see what is being jeopardised in the ongoing drive for industrial development at James Price Point,” Senator Siewert said today.

Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert says the WA Government needs to properly assess the social and cultural impacts of developing a gas hub at James Price Point.

A review of the EPA’s approval of the site is currently underway, after 244 appeals were received against their decision.

“The EPA paid lip service to social and cultural concerns about this project, and tried to palm the issue off by saying the study had already been done,” Senator Siewert said today.