S2 E28: Corals' Last Stand: The Fight to Save Scott Reef

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🪸 Scott Reef, Australia’s largest remote offshore reef, is a breathtaking sanctuary for corals, fish, rare sea snakes, nesting turtles, and pygmy blue whales. But this natural wonder is under threat from a mega gas drilling and carbon dumping proposal. Fossil fuel campaigner Louise Morris from the Australian Marine Conservation Society joins us to explain what’s at stake and how we can fight back.

Plus: we unpack Australia’s new 2035 climate target with AMCS Reef Campaigner Lissa Schindler — and why experts say it’s not enough to protect our oceans.

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• Sign the Petition: Help Save Scott Reef from Woodside's Gas Plans
• Documentary Film: Coral's Last Stand
• Cairns Snap Action: 'Sleep-In For Climate,' Monday 22 September, 4pm
• Read the Australian Government's recently released National Climate Risk Assessment Report Summary & Sign the Petition

Chapters

• 0:00 Intro to Today's Topics & Guest
• 2:35 Growing up in Fossil Fuel Country: Louise's Background
• 3:11 WA's Remote Gem: Scott Reef & Its Unique Wildlife
• 10:34 The Threat: Woodside's Gas Proposal
• 25:20 Does this Gas Project Have Any Benefits?
• 28:16 Can This Gas Proposal be Stopped?
• 29:27 What is Carbon Dumping?
• 32:02 How Can People Join the Fight to Save Scott Reef?
• 35:17 Our Second Guest, Lissa Schindler, on Australia's 2035 Climate Targets
• 40:03 How Can People Help Fight for Stronger Climate Targets for our Oceans?