#auspol The National Offshore #Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has rejected plans for a major gas exploration project proposed near #Warrnambool.
Community members turned out in large numbers to protest #seismictesting, also known as #seismicblasting, for years in south-west #Victoria.
They cited concerns about the impact on marine life, including endangered #whales.
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.
“ 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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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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Earlier this month, environmental advocates in Alaska noticed that a new document had been quietly posted on the website of the federal agency that manages a huge swath of Arctic lands. ConocoPhillips, the company behind the controversial Willow oil project that was approved for the area in March, was now seeking approval for a seismic […]
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