The Greens have backed the community groups taking legal action to challenge the government regulator\u2019s (NOPSEMA) initial approval of Norwegian oil giant Equinor\u2019s plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight.
\nSenator for South Australia and Greens Environment Spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young said the environmental approval announcement last month was a devastating outcome for the tens of thousands of Australians deeply opposed to the project.
\n\u201cThe Christmas eve approval for drilling in the Great Australian Bight has not gone unnoticed. The Greens, together with the community, will take all steps necessary to stop this environmental destruction from going ahead,\u201d Senator Hanson-Young said.
\n\u201cAustralians rightly feel as though their pleas for the Great Australian Bight to be protected from oil and gas drilling have fallen on deaf ears. It\u2019s therefore no wonder The Wilderness Society SA and the Great Australian Bight Alliance have decided to challenge the decision.
\n\u201cSouth Australians, and indeed the majority of Australians, don\u2019t want our Great Australian Bight turned into an oil field. They don\u2019t want a foreign oil giant destroying our coastline and one of our most precious and treasured assets.
\n\u201cJust today an Ipsos Australia poll shows the environment is the biggest worry for Australians, above cost of living, healthcare and the economy. This comes after catastrophic fires across the country fuelled by the climate emergency. Australia should be cutting fossil fuel pollution not opening up new oil fields in our oceans. It seems everyone gets that except for the Morrison Government.
\n\u201cThe Federal Government could put a stop to this pain by agreeing to world heritage protection and backing Greens\u2019 legislation currently before the Senate to give the Bight the protection it deserves.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Greens have backed the community groups taking legal action to challenge the government regulator\u2019s (NOPSEMA) initial approval of Norwegian oil giant Equinor\u2019s plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight. Senator for South Australia and Greens Environment Spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young said the environmental approval announcement last month was a devastating outcome for … Continue reading “Greens back action to stop oil drilling in Bight”<\/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-4930","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\/4930","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=4930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4930\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}