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Bight project risks ‘exceptional’, says leading oil expert
SYDNEY, APRIL 18, 2019 – Norwegian oil company Equinor’s proposal to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight should not go ahead in its current form, a leading international petroleum law expert has warned today. In an independent report provided to Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Professor Tina Soliman Hunter, Professor of Petroleum Law and Director of…
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‘Non-conformities have been identified’: Equinor’s poor safety record revealed
“The PSA regards this as one of the most serious well control incidents on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) since Statoil’s Snorre A incident in 2004.” – PSA determination, 21 February 2017. SYDNEY, April 24, 2019 – New research by Greenpeace reveals the scale of international safety incidents on oil and gas mining ventures owned…
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Equinor’s plan to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight would be illegal in Norway
SYDNEY, April 24, 2019 – On the same day that Equinor’s poor safety record was exposed, the Norwegian oil giant has chosen to submit a plan to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight – a proposal that would be illegal in Norway. [1] Earlier today the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management…
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Climate election calls for leadership, not fearmongering
SYDNEY, May 2 2019 – Today’s “independent” modelling from fossil fuel industry economist Brian Fisher is a misleading distraction from the important issues, says leading environmental organisation Greenpeace Australia Pacific. The research, cited in today’s Australian, does not take into account the proven economic benefits of renewable energy cited in any number of reports by…
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Greenpeace Australia Pacific calls on Morrison and Shorten to declare a climate emergency
SYDNEY, May 2, 2019 – Greenpeace is calling on Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten to follow the UK’s lead and declare a climate and environment emergency.Overnight members of the UK Parliament passed a motion to that effect, making the UK the first nation in the world to do so. Ahead of…
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Biodiversity loss: urgent need for forest, ocean protection and dietary change
The report added that most of the global 2020 targets for the protection of nature outlined in the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity (Aichi biodiversity targets) will not be met, undermining half of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).