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Take Action - Save Australia's Flatback Sea Turtles

The Australian flatback turtle and five other species of marine turtles have been forgotten in the fossil fuel frenzy occurring in the Northwest of Western Australia. Chevron is building natural gas refineries and pipelines through critical sea turtle habitat with little, if any, protections for nesting beaches and coastal waters. Urgent action is needed to stop the destructive expansion of natural gas extraction here before it is too late for the flatbacks.his is a  flatback sea turtle on Barrow Island where Chevron has already broken ground on a massive natural gas refinery on top of a rookery for 1,000 nesting females. These same sea turtles swim north to the Kimberley region where Chevron and Big Oil are pushing to construct another massive natural gas plan.

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Photo of green sea turtle at James Price Point by Rod Hartvigsen http://www.murranji.com.au/

To: Australian Environment Minister Tony Burke:
We urge you to immediately halt the environmentally unsound, unpopular and short-sighted Chevron Gorgon project at Barrow Island due to the destruction of nesting beaches for rare Australian flatback sea turtles. We also urge you to immediately abandon plans to allow Chevron and Big Oil to place a new LNG processing plant along the Kimberley coast and specifically at James Price Point to prevent permanent destruction of marine habitat and unique biodiversity.

It is shameful that the government of Australia, which is known for its environmental leadership, is allowing these destructive projects to go forward in the name of short-term oil profits for Big Oil. Please reverse course before it is too late for the flatback.
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This petition has a goal of 10000 signatures
1-25 of 2087 signatures
Number Date Name Location Why save the flatbacks?
2087 Tue May 21 18:50:37 EDT 2013 Jessica Pynn Lawton, OK , US
2086 Thu May 16 11:22:56 EDT 2013 Earl Guernsey Liverpool, NY , US
2085 Thu May 16 11:21:05 EDT 2013 Earl Guernsey Liverpool, NY , US
2084 Wed May 15 21:45:37 EDT 2013 ER CULCLASURE HIGH POINT, NC , US
2083 Thu Apr 11 15:46:26 EDT 2013 Tonnja Berry Burbank, CA , US
2082 Thu Apr 11 15:46:18 EDT 2013 Tonnja Berry Burbank, CA , US
2081 Sun Mar 31 16:58:34 EDT 2013 William Norman Atlanta, GA , US
2080 Thu Mar 14 17:09:56 EDT 2013 Roberta Turpin Redcliffe, ot , AU
2079 Mon Feb 25 16:00:43 EST 2013 dustin howland woodbridge, CA , US they are an important indicator species in the oceans and all bio diversity deserve to be protected
2078 Fri Feb 15 16:34:57 EST 2013 Adriane Ferreira Jardim Martinelli-Penedo-rj, AL , BR
2077 Fri Feb 15 16:14:50 EST 2013 Adriane Ferreira Jardim Martinelli-Penedo-rj, AL , BR
2076 Tue Feb 12 19:27:36 EST 2013 Beverly wiiri El Paso, TX , US WHY not?
Greeeeeeed is disgusting !
Did your mother raise you that way?
Destructive projects 4 GREED----NO! No! no!!!!
2075 Tue Jul 24 22:49:02 EDT 2012 Scott C. Walker Fort Worth, TX , United States
2074 Thu Jul 19 12:58:11 EDT 2012 Keara Clancy Parkland, FL , US
2073 Thu Jul 19 10:32:29 EDT 2012 Sarah Teman Parkland, FL , US
2072 Sat Jul 14 15:32:51 EDT 2012 Mercedes DiMaio Tampa, FL , US
2071 Fri Jul 13 19:21:18 EDT 2012 Lia F oakland, CA , United States
2070 Thu Jul 12 02:06:46 EDT 2012 mauricio carvajal Santiago, ot , CL
2069 Thu Jul 12 02:05:52 EDT 2012 mauricio carvajal Santiago, ot , CL
2068 Wed Jul 11 06:48:47 EDT 2012 Irena Gabut Krakow, ot , PL
2067 Mon Jun 04 16:31:34 EDT 2012 Charlie Bertou caracas, ot , VE
2066 Fri May 18 17:31:30 EDT 2012 Anna Magnitzky Mccomb, MS , US Because its the right thing to do and we all know it
2065 Mon Apr 16 00:22:02 EDT 2012 Olivia Petty Honolulu, HI , US
2064 Sun Mar 11 20:58:50 EDT 2012 Juliana Diaz Fresno, CA , US
2063 Sat Feb 04 21:54:36 EST 2012 margaret silver atlantic beach, FL , US
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Even better: Write and mail a letter to Australian  Enviroment Minister who will make a final decision about protecting flatbacks from fossil fuel projects in the Kimberley: Honorable Tony Burke, Parliament House, Canberra 2600 Australia.





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Phone: +1 415 663 8590 • Fax: +1 415 663 9534 • info@seaturtles.org
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