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Call for a Moratorium on Gas Fracking

Anyone who has seen the news about coal seam gas in the Eastern States, or seen the Oscar-nominated US documentary Gasland will know just how damaging the gas fracking industry has been in other parts of the world.

But if you think gas fracking is not happening in WA, think again.

 
 
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In the lead up to the second anniversary of the Margaret River oil lease, 100 South West businesses have signed a statement calling on the Federal Government to create marine sanctuaries to protect and boost the region’s tourism industry. Australia’s South West has a unique natural environment and a regional economy that depends upon it. The region’s tall forests, clean beaches, renowned surf breaks and unique natural attractions are central to a clean, green experience and a reputation which draws people from around the world.
 
Toro Energy is a publicly listed mining company which hopes to establish the first uranium mine in Western Australia at Lake Way near Wiluna, north of Kalgoorlie.   Toro downplays the problems and risks associated with uranium mining. Toro promotes the discredited notion that low-level ionising radiation is actually beneficial to human health − this is not only poor science, it is dangerous.
 
By Peter Lane What is “operating profit”?  Suppose you had a block of flats. What you received from rents less your costs = operating profit, or what you “made". But if you sold one of the flats, then that would not be considered an operating profit. You would have sold an asset and it would be either a capital gain or capital loss.
 
 
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WA has never had a commercial uranium mine; we’ve had state wide bans on uranium mining and federal restrictions on uranium mining and a long history of public opposition.
 
Our beautiful SouthWest forests are under threat from shocking new plans to increase karri logging! Join us in saying – Protect our Forests, Stop Logging Now! 2011 is the United Nations international year of the forests. Western Australia has forests that are globally significant biodiversity hotspots, containing a unique diversity of plant and animal species found nowhere else in the world. Forests are natural carbon stores, water filters and rain makers, but above all else are vital for a healthy eco-system and community.
 
Hydraulic Fracturing (‘Fracking’) involves pumping a cocktail of highly carcinogenic and toxic chemicals deep underground at extreme pressure in order to fracture rocks and release natural gas. Where this has occurred elsewhere in the world it has resulted in the permanent contamination of groundwater aquifers. Here in WA, the fracking industry is currently active and unregulated.
 
Western Australians are among the biggest consumers of resources in the world and one of the biggest factors contributing to this unsustainable consumption is the lack of recycling activity here in WA. Just about everything we throw away can potentially be recycled, but in WA we send thousands of tones of packaging, building materials and other valuable resources to rubbish dumps around the state every year.
 
Less than 1% of Australia’s South West marine environment is protected, despite being home to a far greater level of unique species than the Great Barrier Reef. The federal government is considering the future of these waters right now – we need to tell our Prime Minister - 1% protection is not enough.
 
NoNewCoalWA .The Barnett Liberal Government has recently approved a massive expansion in highly polluting coal power in WA which will contribute to a staggering 75% increase in WA's carbon pollution.
 
The Kimberley region is internationally recognised for its unspoilt marine, coastal and inland environments including islands, coral reefs, mangroves, rainforests, rangelands and rivers. Industrial developments like the gas hub threaten these marine, coastal and inland areas.
 
 

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