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Online referendum for people of St Kilda's

Last edited 1 September 1999 at 8:00am
1 September, 1999

1999-09-01

Following the re-establishment of a parliament on the island of St Kilda last month, two of its founder members have fulfilled the participant's pledge to give everyone a say in the debate about the future of the islands. Donna Brown and Norman Chalmers, two descendants of St Kilda's original population, today started the first-ever public consultation on the new oil developments threatening the islands, by casting the first votes in the referendum.

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New voice for St Kilda: Greenpeace online referendum on oil exploration around seabird haven

Posted by bex — 1 September 1999 at 8:00am - Comments
Greenpeace has launched an online referendum on whether or not oil exploration should continue in the seabed around the islands of St Kilda, West Scotland. Rob Gueterbock, Greenpeace St Kilda historian and oil analyst, explains:

"Away from the public gaze, the Government has been carving up and selling off the Atlantic seabed around St Kilda, Britain's only Natural World Heritage Site, to multinational oil companies. Drilling could start any day now without any public debate having taken place. The Government has never set up a vote and the oil companies certainly haven't.

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The future of St Kilda

Last edited 18 August 1999 at 8:00am

Greenpeace - against dangerous climate change

Greenpeace - against dangerous climate change

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Stop the lot

Posted by bex — 10 August 1999 at 8:00am - Comments
No new oil - Greenpeace fights to stop climate change

No new oil - Greenpeace fights to stop climate change

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No New Oil!

Last edited 10 August 1999 at 8:00am
St Kilda: no new oil

St Kilda: no new oil

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St Kilda SOS: islands at 'high risk' from oil development

Last edited 7 July 1999 at 8:00am
7 July, 1999

United Nations conservation advisers have declared St Kilda to be at "high risk" from proposed oil development and recommended that the islands be added to the list of World Heritage Sites "in danger". These remote and spectacular islands are Britain's only natural World Heritage Site putting them in the same category as the Great Barrier Reef and the Taj Mahal.

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