Kimberley Media Releases
- Investors warned off new Kimberley coal project - January 29, 2012
- State Government must not waste $120 million on James Price Point ‘highway to nowhere’ - December 20, 2011
- Broome Supporters asked to 'Vote for the Environment' - October 07, 2011
- New Eighty Mile Beach Marine Park Plan welcomed - September 30, 2011
- Broome blockade reaches 100 day milestone - September 14, 2011
- Martin Ferguson pushed James Price Point decision - September 01, 2011
- Heritage Listing won’t protect the Kimberley - August 31, 2011
- Rare Marine Life Abandoned By Federal Government Marine Park Plan - August 23, 2011
- Government gives green light to coral reef destruction in the Kimberley - August 17, 2011
- Kimberley blockade just the start of protest action - July 04, 2011
The Wilderness Society has today issued an Alert warning investors of the risks of a new Kimberley coal project. Coal miner Rey Resources faces objections to its mining lease in the Mining Warden's court tomorrow.
Yesterday’s announcement by Woodside that it would not be able to meet a 2012 deadline for a final investment decision on the LNG hub James Price Point was another indication that the private sector is having serious reservations about the financial viability of the project.
The protection of the Kimberley environment is shaping up to be the most important issue in the forthcoming Broome local government election.
WA Conservation groups today welcomed the release of the draft plan for the new Eighty Mile Beach Marine Park but warned that large scale industrialisation of the region still threatened marine life of the Pilbara and Kimberley.
The Wilderness Society has congratulated the Broome community for achieving a major milestone in their brave defence of the natural, social and cultural heritage values of Broome and the west Kimberley.
The leaked US embassy cables about the James Price Point gas plant show that Resources Minister Martin Ferguson pushed the Browse Basin joint-venture partners into the controversial development.
The Wilderness Society today said a national heritage listing would not protect the Kimberley if Australia’s largest single industrial development, Woodside’s proposed gas hub north of Broome, is constructed.
Some of the most vulnerable marine life in Australia, including dugongs and the newly recognised Australian snubfin dolphin, are at risk of being killed by fishing nets, oil and gas drilling and mining operations, following the Federal Government’s failure to propose large sanctuaries for marine life across Australia’s north.
Fishing and Conservation groups have united to express alarm over Federal government plans to allow trawling of an area the size of greater Perth in the pristine Kimberley next month.
The Wilderness Society pledged its support for the hundreds of Kimberley people protesting the proposed $40+ billion liquid natural gas processing plant at James Price Point as police moved in today to bust the month-long blockade at James Price Point.
