Seismic blasting

  • Gas plans attract anger

    Apollo Bay residents have opposed a gas mining company’s ploy to do seismic tests near the Twelve Apostles, at the company’s information night for the proposed project.

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  • Seismic petition heads for debate

    Federal politicians will soon debate the future of seismic testing in Australian waters, with an Apollo Bay petition to come across their desks soon.

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  • Seismic testing company under investigation

    The company planning to seismic test an area of the Otway Basin that’s bigger than Tasmania is now under investigation.

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  • Fossil fuel industry gives environment award to gas miner

    The petroleum industry has presented an environmental award to a gas mining company with interests in the Otway Basin.

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  • Protesters hope to shake up seismic testing

    Climate protesters will march through central Apollo Bay this weekend in opposition to offshore seismic testing.

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  • Blasting protest continues

    Local climate activists have escalated protests against an Otways gas drilling project by chaining themselves to a ship bound for an exploration well.

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  • Seismic report dismays Apollo Bay fishers

    A long-awaited Federal Parliament inquiry has stopped short of endorsing a ban on seismic testing in Australia, frustrating local fishers.

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  • Apollo Bay campaigners descend on Melbourne

    One hundred Otways environmentalists have travelled to Melbourne to oppose seismic blasting in the Otway basin.

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