Dear friends,
Amidst the political turmoil in Canberra, the government is pushing forward the Abbot Point coal port in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. The dredging to build this port will harm the habitat that dugongs and turtles rely on for food. There’s just 3 days left to make our voices heard and stop the dredging!
With a change in leadership, the Australian government are are in prime position to remove their support from this doomed project. They answer to us, let’s show them the public doesn’t support the climate-cooking coal mines.
Let’s flood the public consultation on Abbot Point now to stop the damaging dredging. The government has to consider our comments before making their decision — send a message now!
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/australia_dont_dredge/?bhPqncb&v=65024
The dredging would affect more than 60 hectares of the Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage Area, all to make a port for a coal mine that may never go ahead. The plume of sediment that results from dredging spreads for kilometres, spreading to nearby coral reefs, stopping light from reaching the sea bed and wreaking havoc on water visibility.
Banks are ruling out investing in this risky project, Abbot Point lost its Federal approval in the courts and Indigenous leaders in the area are speaking out. The Australian Government are Adani’s last supporters, now with business savvy Prime Minister Turnbull, we have our best chance in years to scrap the mega coal projects for good.
Send a message now, each one will have to be considered in the government’s process:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/australia_dont_dredge/?bhPqncb&v=65024
