尽管对 Ngarluma 和 Yindjibarndi 人民造成“毁灭性”影响，桑托斯仍因西澳漏油事件仅被罚款 10,000 美元

此次处罚是在 2022 年 3 月该公司的瓦鲁努斯岛天然气工厂发生泄漏事件之后进行的，当时大约有 25,000 升石油被排放到印度洋。

Oil and gas giant Santos has pleaded guilty and been fined just $10,000 for a significant oil spill off the coast of Western Australia.

石油和天然气巨头桑托斯 (Santos) 已认罪，并因西澳大利亚海岸发生重大漏油事件而仅被罚款 10,000 澳元。

The incident occurred in March 2022 at Santos’s Varunus Island Gas Plant, located off the coast of Karratha which holds significant cultural importance for Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi people.

该事件于 2022 年 3 月发生在桑托斯的瓦鲁努斯岛天然气厂，该厂位于卡拉萨海岸附近，对恩加鲁马和因吉巴恩迪人具有重要的文化意义。

The penalty follows a spill in March 2022 at the company’s Varunus Island Gas Plant, where approximately 25,000 litres of oil were released into the Indian Ocean.

此次处罚是在 2022 年 3 月该公司的瓦鲁努斯岛天然气工厂发生泄漏事件之后进行的，当时大约有 25,000 升石油被排放到印度洋。

In addition to the fine, Santos was ordered to pay $9,700 dollars in court costs.

除罚款外，桑托斯还被勒令支付 9,700 美元的法庭费用。

Dead dolphins, including a pup, were found floating within the spill.

人们在泄漏物中发现了包括一只幼崽在内的海豚尸体。

For a multi-billion-dollar corporation, however, the fine has been widely criticised as insufficient.

然而，对于一家价值数十亿美元的公司来说，罚款被广泛批评为不够。

The oil spill, which occurred off the Pilbara coastline, had devastating impacts on the Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi people, for whom the land holds significant cultural importance, and also local marine life, with dead dolphins and other sea creatures found in the affected area.

皮尔巴拉海岸线附近发生的漏油事件对恩加鲁马和因吉巴恩迪人以及当地海洋生物造成了毁灭性影响，对他们来说，这片土地具有重要的文化意义，受影响地区发现了死去的海豚和其他海洋生物。

Allegations of a cover-up by the company were raised by an anonymous whistleblower and tabled in Federal Parliament in 2023.

一位匿名举报者提出了对该公司掩盖事实的指控，并于 2023 年提交联邦议会。

According to Western Australian government regulators, dolphins were discovered dead just 200 metres from the slick, 17 hours after the spill occurred.

据西澳大利亚州政府监管机构称，在泄漏事件发生 17 小时后，人们在距离浮油仅 200 米处发现了海豚的尸体。

For many, the fine seems like little more than a token penalty.

对于许多人来说，罚款似乎只不过是象征性的惩罚。

Data from the Australian Taxation Office shows that Santos paid no company income tax from 2015 to 2023, despite declaring $38 billion dollars in income.

澳大利亚税务局的数据显示，桑托斯在2015年至2023年期间没有缴纳公司所得税，尽管其申报的收入为380亿澳元。

The minimal fine for such a significant environmental breach has raised concerns about the effectiveness of Australia’s environmental regulations.

对如此重大环境违规行为的最低罚款引发了人们对澳大利亚环境法规有效性的担忧。