Oil and gas threats to Australia's environment exposed in international report

Threats to Western Australia's environment from oil and gas exposed in Chevron advocacy report and ads.

• Chevron Alternative Annual Report Slams  James Price Point LNG Project
  
• West Australians Head to U. S. for Chevron Shareholder Meeting

The deadly impacts to humpback whales, flatback turtles and wildlife from oil and gas operations in Western Australia are exposed in a report and ads targeting Chevron that were released Wednesday 19 May in the U.S. The Chevron Alternative Annual Report details Chevron’s harm to people and the environment, including Barrow Island and the Kimberley, from global oil and gas operations.

The report is being released to coincide with the Chevron shareholder meeting in Houston, Texas, on 26 May. Both The Wilderness Society of Western Australia and Turtle Island Restoration Network of California are co-authors and co-sponsors of the Chevron Alternative Annual Report. See the report at http://truecostofchevron.com/.

Australian flatback sea turtles are featured in one of a series of advocacy ads targeting Chevron, with the message: “Dear Chevron, Thanks for destroying vital habitat. Yours, Australia.”

This ad is one of many drawing attention to the impacts of Chevron and the oil and gas industry

Both Aboriginal activist Neil McKenzie from Save The Kimberley in Broome and conservationist Josh Coates of the Wilderness Society in Perth are travelling independently to Houston to help publicize the report, testify at the Chevron shareholder meeting and generate international support for protection of the Kimberley coast, flatback turtles, whales and the West Australian environment from industrialization by Chevron and other Big Oil companies.

The Wilderness Society representative Josh Coates said:

Traditional Owner Neil McKenzie said:

Teri Shore, Program Director for Turtle Island Restoration Network:

The Alternative Annual Report tells about Chevron’s involvement in the joint venture seeking to build a natural gas precinct in whale and turtle habitat in the Kimberley at James Price Point. It explains that the Kimberley coast is near-pristine and important to traditional owners.

It also describes the building of the massive Gorgon natural gas facility on top of a nesting beach for the flatback sea turtle on Barrow Island.. More than 1,000 threatened nesting turtles will be permanently displaced and the destruction of pristine marine habitat will threaten thousands more. 

Coates, McKenzie and Shore will be joining forces with the international True Cost of Chevron Coalition in Houston on May 25 and 26 to  expose the full environmental and social impacts of all stages of Chevron's operations, including oil, natural gas, and coal. They will engage in public events, protest rallies, and Chevron's shareholder meeting.

After Houston, McKenzie and Coates will be hosted by Turtle Island Restoration Network in San Francisco, California, where they will be speaking at The David Brower Center in Berkeley and Rainforest Action Network in San Francisco. See details at http://www.seaturtles.org/article.php?id=1617

For More Info, visit:

Turtle Island Restoration Network, www.seaturtles.org
True Cost of Chevron, www.truecostofchevron.com
Global Exchange, www.GlobalExchange.org/chevron