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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.

Article tagged as: climate change, oil, st kilda, wildlife

Greenpeace expedition finds new evidence of climate change impacts in the artic

Last edited 5 August 1999 at 8:00am
5 August, 1999

A three week Greenpeace scientific expedition to the retreating Arctic ice pack, completed on July 31st,has uncovered new evidence that climate change appears to be impacting on the wildlife and ecology of the region, particularly walrus young.

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Climate change set to devastate world's coral reefs in 30 years

Last edited 6 July 1999 at 8:00am
6 July, 1999

In 30 years the world's coral reefs will be devastated by warming tropical oceans which will 'bleach' them white and eventually kill most of them, unless projected levels of climate change are stopped, according to a new scientific report released internationally today by Greenpeace.

Article tagged as: arctic, climate change, impacts, press releases, wildlife

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