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23-05-2008 Greens candidate Dr Malcolm McKelvie called for Esso to do more to stop the Gippsland coastline subsiding along the 90 Mile Beach at a public meeting in Yarram yesterday.
"Esso is pumping out enough oil and gas from the Latrobe Aquifer offshore from the Ninety Mile Beach to fill the Sugarloaf Reservoir each year, but they are not putting seawater back. The incredible coastline along the Ninety Mile Beach is at risk, along with the tourists who flock to experience it each year," Dr McKelvie said.
"Over the next 50 years the coastline is predicted to drop by as much as 2 meters because of Esso's activities. There is also a substantial predicted sea level rise because of climate change" he said.
"We must act now to save our vulnerable coastal environments, and the coastal tourist communities who depend on them" Dr McKelvie said.
For further information please contact:Malcolm McKelvie 0417 364 615 Greens Candidate for Gippsland By – Election
www.cgn.org.au/Malcolm_McKelvie gippsland@greens.org.au