{"id":16594,"date":"2022-05-11T19:22:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T19:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=16594"},"modified":"2022-05-11T19:22:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T19:22:14","slug":"greens-kick-morrison-out-to-save-the-reef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/05\/11\/greens-kick-morrison-out-to-save-the-reef\/","title":{"rendered":"Greens: Kick Morrison out to save the Reef"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Greens say confirmation in the Reef Snapshot: Summer 2021-22<\/em> of the sixth mass coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef lays bare the Morrison Government\u2019s near-decade of failure on climate action.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Snapshot confirms the Reef has suffered the fourth mass bleaching event since 2016, and the first in La Nina conditions, with 91% of surveyed areas showing signs of bleaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greens deputy leader and Queensland Senator Larissa Waters said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe weekly updates while the summer surveys were being carried out indicated mass bleaching, but it is still shocking to see the scale of the crisis laid out in the GBRMPA Snapshot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis Snapshot reinforces what the Greens, scientists and environmental groups have been saying for years: the Reef is in critical danger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFour mass bleachings in six years, and extensive bleaching even during La Nina, is a death sentence for our World Heritage Great Barrier Reef, a risk for all the workers who rely upon it, and an indictment on the Morrison Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYet another mass bleaching episode, coupled with the government\u2019s commitment to continuing with its climate destruction, increases the likelihood that the Reef will be added to the In Danger list at the next World Heritage meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInstead of reducing our emissions to save what\u2019s left of the Reef, the Morrison Government is getting behind 114 new coal and gas projects and throwing public money at companies accelerating the climate crisis and putting the Reef in more danger, sadly with the support of Labor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJust as eminent Reef scientist Professor Terry Hughes told my inquiry into the Reef in 2014, \u2018you can\u2019t have coal and the Reef, you have to choose’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis government is utterly captured by fossil fuel interests, and they\u2019re prepared to sacrifice the climate and the Reef to keep those coal and gas donations flowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe 60,000 people who rely on the Reef for their livelihood, and anyone who cares about the Reef, will vote them out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWithout a change in government, and Greens in balance of power to push Labor to phase out fossil fuels, the Reef doesn\u2019t stand a chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greens spokesperson on healthy oceans, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are now witnessing the tragic and completely avoidable end of the Great Barrier Reef. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMake no mistake, the death of the Great Barrier Reef is a political choice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReport after report has warned about the catastrophic fate of the Reef under a business as usual scenario from our leaders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTransformative action to reverse climate change impacts on the Reef has been possible, but a lack of political will and determination has let us down. Science tells us Liberal and Labor emissions targets will equal more annual coral bleaching events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA vote for Liberal or Labor this election is a death sentence for the Great Barrier Reef.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greens spokesperson on environment and water, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe climate has changed. The pollution crisis is here and it\u2019s killing our Reef.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile the Morrison Government keeps spending billions of dollars expanding fossil fuels, that makes climate change worse, the Reef will suffer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur environment is at breaking point. Without a creditable plan to cut pollution and a commitment to no new fossil fuels, no amount of spin can save the Morrison Government from international shame in relation to the protection of the Great Barrier Reef.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Greens are the only party with comprehensive plans to tackle the climate crisis, invest in water quality measures to protect Reef catchments, support regional communities to plan for the future, and protect Australia\u2019s iconic species and World Heritage places.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Greens say confirmation in the Reef Snapshot: Summer 2021-22 of the sixth mass coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef lays bare the Morrison Government\u2019s near-decade of failure on climate action.   The Snapshot confirms the Reef has suffered the fourth mass bleaching event since 2016, and the first in La Nina conditions, with 91% of surveyed … Continue reading “Greens: Kick Morrison out to save the Reef”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16595,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16594\/revisions\/16595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}