Leaked documents from Equinor\u2019s own oil spill data that show oil could reach Sydney beaches are a wake-up call to all Australians, the Greens say.
\n\u201cThis internal report shows oil and sludge would devastate Australia\u2019s southern coastline, all the way up to Sydney\u2019s beaches. It must be stopped,\u201d Greens environment spokesperson Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said.
\n\u201cThis alarming new data must put to bed any consideration for allowing oil and gas drilling in the Great Australian Bight. It has serious dangers for almost all Australian states.
\n\u201cEquinor has identified the risk but refuses to do the right thing and back out of the Bight. BP and Chevron got the message, it\u2019s time for Equinor to pack up their bags and go home. It\u2019s time the community prevailed over corporate profits.
\n\u201cOur entire southern coastline, right up to Sydney beaches, is at risk of an oil spill in the Bight. South Australians have been passionately fighting this; the new report is a clarion call for other states to join the fight.
\n\u201cWe must not risk a devastating oil spill that could wipe species out, as well as jobs in tourism and fisheries around the country. On top of all of this, we know that the profits \u2013 and the oil \u2013 would be sent off-shore while we carry the risk.
\n\u201cNot only is the risk of an oil spill too great, but drilling in the Bight locks us into burning fossil fuels at a time when we need to phase out dirty energy to help arrest climate change.
\n\u201cThis will be a key issue leading up to the next federal election. The Greens stand with the passionate community who want drilling in the Bight banned.
\n\u201cSouth Australians overwhelmingly support World Heritage protection for the Great Australian Bight. We should be proud of this beautiful marine wilderness, not turning it into an oil field.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Leaked documents from Equinor\u2019s own oil spill data that show oil could reach Sydney beaches are a wake-up call to all Australians, the Greens say. \u201cThis internal report shows oil and sludge would devastate Australia\u2019s southern coastline, all the way up to Sydney\u2019s beaches. It must be stopped,\u201d Greens environment spokesperson Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said. … Continue reading “Greens say Drilling ban vital as Bight oil spill risks grow”<\/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-528","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\/528","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=528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}