If fossil fuel firms are allowed to drill the ocean mattress, this can seemingly lead to oil spills, gasoline leaks and can severely damage NSW’s shoreline, affecting the livelihoods and lifetime of over 6 million Australians, and disrupting one among many world’s largest whale migration routes.
MP Zali Steggal is predicted to introduce a bill to aim to halt all PEP-11 exploration permits into parliament subsequent week (Monday 18 Oct).
Surfrider Foundation Australia and the native individuals is asking parliament to maneuver Zali Steggall’s Stopping PEP11 Bill that shall be tabled in parliament on 18 October 2021.
Damien Cole, Nationwide Advertising and marketing marketing campaign Director, Surfrider Foundation Australia, said,
“NSW’s shoreline and iconic seashores are being threatened. It locations in peril most likely essentially the most populated and prosperous stretch of coast in Australia. Can you picture an eyesore of an oil & gasoline rig merely off your favourite seashore? It might be utterly heartbreaking, and with our nicely being, lifestyle and native economies all carefully reliant on a healthful ocean, PEP-11 may present disastrous on all fronts for communities alongside the NSW coast.”
“Native communities in New South Wales have been impacted by catastrophes over the past couple of years starting with the bush fires as a lot as the current Covid-19 pandemic. As we slowly get nicely from the persevering with lockdown, an oil spill or gasoline leak may extra decimate native economies, irreparably damage the native marine and coastal ecosystems, destroy the habitat of quite a few species along with the endangered Manly colony of Little Penguins; and negatively have an effect on the bodily and psychological nicely being of hundreds and hundreds of Australians inside these communities.”
A dangerous precedent
Granting the PEP-11 licence for offshore oil and gasoline drilling will set a dangerous precedent for the east coast of Australia that will see runaway fossil fuel industrialisation merely offshore from NSWs iconic seashores. At a time when the world should drastically reduce its emissions to satisfy our 2015 Paris Settlement commitments, PEP-11 will merely lock in a few years of disastrous native climate air air pollution. Australia desires native climate movement, not new oil & gasoline fields.
What can you do?
You can educate your self and be taught further through Surfrider, then unfold the phrase and get PEP-11 out.
You possibly can even write to your native MP expressing your concerns, along with donate to our #STOPPEP11 advertising and marketing marketing campaign, with all proceeds going to our fight to protect the priceless seashores, environment and different individuals of the NSW shoreline.