EndemicEarthlingDec 21, 2022

“The environment and justice movements are increasingly under threat of legal sanctions and arrest for acts of nonviolent resistance to the extractive industries, especially logging and fossil fuels.” — David Shoebridge

NSW courts have recently delivered a hefty prison sentence for a lady who blocked a lane of traffic for less than 30 minutes to protest climate disruption, while giving the green light to yet another massive #FossilGas project involving the destruction of native forest (against the repeatedly expressed urgings of local #Gomeroi people and against the evidence of one of Australia's top climate scientists).

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/20/greens-push-for-federal-right-to-protest-law-after-nsw-jailing-of-deanna-violet-coco

#CriminalisationOfDissent #ClimateCrisis #Santos #ClimateCriminals

Greens push for federal ‘right to protest’ law after NSW jailing of Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco

Senator David Shoebridge hopes to ‘rebalance the scales of justice’ after states crack down on activists

The Guardian
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Here is a taste of what is at stake for the #Gomeroi people: "an imminent threat to one of the most spiritually significant elements of their culture: the Pilliga Forest", the largest intact woodland west of the Great Dividing Range.

And what is at stake for everyone who lives on Earth: another blow to the habitability of the only planet known to support life.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-13/gomeroi-fight-santos-narrabri-gas-project-climate-change/101428862

The Gomeroi people have fought Santos' Narrabri Gas Project for a decade. They hope a novel climate change argument could help them win

When the Gomeroi people refused to consent to the Narrabri Gas Project, Santos started legal proceedings. The traditional owners hope a novel interpretation of native title laws could see them win.

ABC News
Dec 21, 2022 at 12:37amWeb