Earth Matters
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Earth Matters
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Earth Matters contributes to public debate, reports on under-reported activist campaigns and informs the community on critical ecological issues.
Supported by the Community Broadcasting Foundation and distributed on the Community Radio Network.
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Local and global environmental issues from grassroots, activist perspectives with a strong social justice focus. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network.
Calls for national Moratorium on Seismic BlastingCommunities gathered in Warrnambool to call for an end to gas exploration in the Otway Basin and a national moratorium on seismic blasting to stop the damage being done to marine life and the marine environment. They want the recommendations of the Senate Inquiry into the Impact of seismic testing on fisheries and the marine environment implemented.We hear from:Lisa Deppeler, founder of OCEAN, the Otway Coastal Environment Action Networkhttps://www.ocean.org.au/Ben Druitt, Fight for the Bight, Port FairyYaraan Couzens-Bundle, Gunditjmara Whale Dreaming Custodian and Coordinator of SOPEC, the Southern Ocean Protection Embassy Collective.Prof. James Dunbar, Southwest Coast Scientific Group of the Clean Ocean Foundation. https://www.cleanocean.org/science-and-researchLouise Morris, Campaign Manager for offshore fossil fuels, Australian Marine Conservation Societyhttps://www.marineconservation.org.au/ Report of Senate Inquiry into the Impact of seismic testing on fisheries and the marine environmenthttps://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Environment_and_Communications/SeismicTesting Produced by Judith PeppardPhoto: Judith PeppardEpisode #1499
