Atlantic Frontier threatened by oil exploration
In a High Court hearing in London, beginning on the 11th October, Greenpeace is challenging the UK Government's failure to conserve whales, dolphins and coral reefs under the EC Habitats Directive. If Greenpeace is successful all future oil licensing in the Atlantic Frontier will be illegal until the Directive is applied.
Greenpeace has submitted many pages of scientific evidence and sworn
statements - affidavits - to the court. These, together with the
Government's statements, will be available at this site as soon as the
Judge allows. Most of Greenpeace's statements are based on evidence
presented in two scientific reports. The first report provides evidence
of threats to whales and dolphins from oil exploration and the second
report provides evidence of threats to deep sea coral reefs.
Click on 'Full Report' to read the whales and dolphins report. This is a
PDF file (802k) for which you will need the Acrobat Reader 4 to view.
The Acrobat Reader can be downloaded via our 'help' page. The coral
report will be available here soon.
Click on the image to see a larger version of the Atlantic Frontier.
