HELP US PROTECT the great barrier reef.
For the first time in eight years, Woodside’s proposal to drill at least 50 gas wells at the pristine Scott Reef – Browse – is open for public consultation from the Federal Government.
This comes after the Environment Minister, Murray Watt, accepted a request to reconsider the impacts climate pollution from Browse would have on places of national significance like the World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef.
This is an opportunity to show Murray Watt and the Albanese Government that Australians do not want to see our precious coral reefs, from the Great Barrier Reef to Scott Reef, destroyed for Woodside’s massive dirty gas project and we will use every opportunity possible to demonstrate this.
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Add your name to Greenpeace's submission by the 21st July, and tell the government they must consider the climate impacts Woodside's Browse project would have on World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef and Scott Reef.
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our SUBMISSION
Here are the key points of the Greenpeace submission you would be adding your name to:
- The climate impacts from Woodside’s Browse Gas Project must be considered under our national nature law, the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.
- Critical new scientific information shows that the climate pollution from the Browse Gas Project will have significant impacts on the Great Barrier Reef, a protected matter under Australia’s nature law.
- This information shows that the 1.6 billion tonnes of climate pollution from Browse is likely to have disastrous impacts on the Great Barrier Reef - killing nearly 30 million more corals in the World Heritage listed reef in each future mass bleaching event.
- The original referral decision on the Browse Gas Project should be changed to take into account these climate impacts on the Great Barrier Reef.
- Woodside’s dirty Browse Gas Project will also harm the pristine Scott Reef in WA and the endangered species found there, from pygmy blue whales to nesting green sea turtles.
- Woodside’s proposal to drill at list 50 gas wells at Scott Reef risks marine life with catastrophic oil spills, seismic blasting, industrial traffic and locks in decades dirty gas.
Why we need to stop browse
Scott Reef is one of the last oceanic reef systems left on the planet.
Scott Reef is a vibrant sanctuary where endangered green sea turtles nest, elusive pygmy blue whales feed, and rare sharks, dolphins, rays and sea snakes weave through ancient corals.
Woodside wants to drill at least 50 gas wells around Scott Reef.
Browse would mean industrialising this pristine seascape with years of seismic blasting, light and noise pollution, drilling, pipelines, busy ship traffic and potential oil spills.
Browse would spew 1.6 billion tonnes of emissions into the atmosphere.
This increases the intensity and frequency of climate impacts not only to Scott Reef but to coral reefs globally, including the World Heritage Great Barrier Reef with coral bleaching.
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