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"Royal Dutch Shell will move ahead with seismic tests to explore for oil in
vital whale breeding grounds along South Africa’s eastern coastline after a
court dismissed an 11th-hour legal challenge by environmental groups.
The judgment, by a South African high court, allows Shell to begin firing
within days extremely loud sound waves through the relatively untouched marine
environment of the Wild Coast, which is home to whales, dolphins and seals.
Campaigners filed an urgent legal challenge against the seismic survey, which
was scheduled to begin on Wednesday, but the last-minute interdict was
dismissed by a judge on Friday morning.
Green groups fear exploring for oil could disrupt the sea mammals’ habitat and
damage the ecologically diverse and sensitive environment of the Wild Coast,
which runs along the Eastern Cape province.
The oil company dropped plans to help develop the Cambo oilfield in the North
Sea on Thursday after escalating criticism of the project, but has defended its
plans for the South African coastline despite strong local opposition."
Via Glyn Moody, who wrote "shame shame shame on Shell; I will never use them
again #boycottshell"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
