BREAKING: A HUGE WIN FOR PEOPLE POWER!
TGS have pulled the plug on the world’s largest seismic blasting project. Years of opposition from First Nations groups, communities, surfers, ocean lovers and the Greens have paid off.
Pressure works.
#SeismicBlasting
“ How loud is 240 dB? Like the Richter scale, the decibel scale is not linear but logarithmic. So 10 dB is 10 times louder than silence. 20 dBis 100 times more powerful. 30 dB is 1000 times more powerful, and so on. Exposure to 110 dBA will most likely damage human hearing after two minutes. The sound of a jet taking off is about 140 dBA. “
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-13/jock-serong-port-fairy-big-weekend-of-books/103947438
#firstnations #Gunditjmara #Mirning #PortFairy #seismicblasting #Gas #FossilFuels #FightForTheBight
New developments:
REJECT SEISMIC BLASTING NEXT TO WHALE CALVING GROUNDS 🐋
A multinational geotechnical company called #CGG is trying to get regulatory approval to seismic blast over 3,000 square kilometres of #Australia ’s oceans.
The proposal includes plans to start #SeismicBlasting just a few kilometres away from the last regular calving grounds for south-east Australia’s 300 remaining southern #RightWhales.
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Paddle out at the #Warrnambool Breakwater to say NO to #seismicblasting! … join the march along the beach starting from the Surf Club at 1:15. Live music from 1:30 and speeches kicking off at 2pm.
If approved, it will be the world’s largest 3D #SeismicBlasting project on record.
Companies’ applications for plans to conduct seismic blasting go to the regulator NOPSEMA for approval, and then to the administrator NOPTA to be granted an SPA permit.
This action is about safeguarding critical marine #habitats, preserving #biodiversity, and protecting the livelihoods of #communities that depend on healthy oceans.
- Australian Marine Conservation Society #AMCS
https://www.marineconservation.org.au/actions/end-special-prospecting-authorities/
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These blasts are among the loudest human-made sounds in the #ocean, just short of those caused by explosive devices, and have a devastating effect on #MarineLife.
• #SeismicBlasting has been connected to temporary and permanent #HearingLoss, #HabitatAbandonment, mating and feeding #disruption and possible #death in marine #mammals like #whales.
• The blasts lead to #scallop deaths by compromising their immune systems and have been found to irreversibly damage the organs of #lobsters.
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ABOLISH SEISMIC BLASTING SPECIAL PROSPECTING AUTHORITY PERMITS (SPA)
A Special Prospecting Authority (SPA) is a specific type of permit that allows #companies to buy access to large areas of our #oceans to use #SeismicBlasting to search for #oil and #gas, and Carbon Capture and Storage locations below the ocean floor.
Seismic blasts are how the oil and gas industry surveys the ocean floor. Seismic vessels tow an array of airguns and audio receivers (hydrophones) behind them in the water.
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NO SEISMIC BLASTING IN THE ARCTIC
#ConocoPhillips, an oil and gas giant, is seeking approval to conduct #SeismicBlasting in search of #oil and #gas in the #Arctic.
ConocoPhillips' seismic application, which was submitted to the #Biden administration, requests testing across more than 270,000 acres of the Arctic. It would involve months of dragging heavy thumper trucks and other machinery across a fragile #ecosystem.
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#SouthernOcean Protection Embassy Collective Rally 22 Oct
#firstnations #gunditjmara #marinelife
#seismicblasting #SOPEC #warrnambool #whales
#Koontapool (southern right whale) #Songlines.
Southern Ocean Protection Embassy Collective Rally 22 Oct
#firstnations #gunditjamara #marinelife
#seismicblasting #SOPEC #warrnambool #whales
#Koontapool (southern right whale) #Songlines.
www.ocean.org.au
the Federal Court ruled that #WoodsideEnergy no longer has approval to conduct #seismicblasting at its $16.5b #Scarboroughgasdevelopment!
The ruling comes in response to a judicial review launched last month by #Mardudhunera woman Raelene Cooper.
Four #DisruptBurrupHub campaigners face court for committal mentions on indictable offences, with non-association bail conditions.
Join us at @black.spark_ on the 12th October for dinner, information on stopping #SeismicBlasting in the #SouthernOcean and a film!
All proceeds will be donated to The Southern Ocean Protection Embassy (#SOPEC) who are fighting to save #firstnations #Gunditjmara Sea country and #Koontapool (southern right whale) #Songlines.
Seismic Blasting kills marine life www.ocean.org.au
Dad has posted his Iphone photos of the Whale Song not Seismic Blasting Rally in Naarm at Flickr, all creative commons licensed. We feature of course and were happy that we were part of a small dog contingent barking (metaphorically) our support for marine life (we were all very well behaved). 🐶 🐶 🐕
#DogsOfMastodon #ChihuahuasForClimateAction
#Whales #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary #Gunditjmara #NoNewGas #FossilFuels #SeismicBlasting #SaveTheWhales #SavetheZooplankton #Naarm
https://www.flickr.com/photos/takver/albums/72177720311210220
Sorry #CouchPeloton, we were a DNS last night. It's a whale of a tale! Dad took us in to the city (Naarm - Melbourne) on the bike (a 30km roundtrip) to the Whale Song not Seismic Blasting rally. We had a great time there, including listening to a Gunditjmara woman from SW Victoria talking about seacountry and the importance of whales in indigenous cultural songlines.
How silly is it the Australian 🇦🇺 Government allowing exploring for more oil and gas, damaging marine ecosystems when we have enough Fossil Fuels already to cook the planet?
So when we got home Dad fed us and himself and fell pooped into his fav armchair and promptly fell asleep. So we missed getting our #FRATL in. I know, it was frustrating for us, though we are proud to march in support of our cousin mammals, the great whales, and all the little zooplankton.
We have rested Dad today for tonight 🐶 🐶
Have a 🐾 and Catch the Gunditjmara 🐳 🐋 speech here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doVe37NnTiY
#Whales #ClimateCrisis #ClimateDiary #Gunditjmara #NoNewGas #FossilFuels #SeismicBlasting #SaveTheWhales #SavetheZooplankton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doVe37NnTiY
SUPPORT PROTECTING FOR THESE ENDANGERED WHALES 🐋
The Gulf of Mexico is home to Rice's whales, one of the world's most endangered whale species. Fewer than 50 of these magnificent mammals remain — yet they have no federally protected critical #habitat.
Rice's whales are hovering on the brink of #extinction. Vessel collisions, #oil spills, and chronic #noise from #SeismicBlasting and other #OilIndustry activities all threaten their survival.
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WE HAVE UNTIL AUGUST 11 TO STOP MASSIVE SEISMIC BLASTING
The #SeismicBlasting proposal between Victoria and Tasmania impact #BlueWhale habitat and the #ZeehanMarinePark .
A joint venture between seismic survey companies #TGS and #SLB-Schlumberger is trying to get regulatory approval for seismic blasting over 55,000 sq km of our #oceans. Now is our chance to provide public comment that these plans should be refused to protect our oceans and #MarineLife.
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#SeismicBlasting is deadly for #MarineLife and can impact all levels of the #FoodChain from its very foundations, killing #zooplankton more than a kilometre away, to deafening #whales.
Send an email asking #NOPSEMA to reject the proposal using our form and prefilled submission.
- Australian Marine Conservation Society
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« #Greenpeace: The Makhanda High Court JUST revoked #Shell's exploration rights to do #seismicblasting off the #WildCoast in #SouthAfrica! This is a massive victory for communities fighting to put people before destruction and the profits of toxic fossil fuel companies. »
— Retweet https://twitter.com/IrisMenn/status/1565318459357102080
AW@L Radio #podcast:
Canada's Supreme Court redefines Indigenous Consultation in Line 9 decision.
The #Line9 + #SeismicBlasting SCC rulings were released and they are... baffling.
Statement from Chippewas Solidarity + audio of CoTTFN Chief Myeengun Henry responding to the decision.
We also rebroadcast the inspiring interview on Democracy Now! about sabotage on DAPL.
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