Pulp mill discharge
Proposed mill at Tamar Valley, Tasmania
An outfall discharging into Bass Strait is part of a new pulp mill planned for the Tamar Valley in Northern Tasmania. If this project is allowed to go ahead the outfall will discharge 64,000 tonnes of effluent into the waters of the North Tasmanian coastline every day....
Wilderness Society letter to the Minister
His conditional approval will effectively allow poisonous organochlorines, dioxins and other contaminants to be discharged into the waters of Bass Strait - waters that our marine life rely on for survival and that local fishermen and their families rely on for their livelihood.
https://www.wilderness.org.au/cyberactivist/cyberactions/07_08_pulp-mill-email.html
Contact the Minister
While the rest of the world focuses on solving the climate crisis and protecting what is left of our precious natural resources, Australian politicians are hell-bent on approving an environmentally disastrous industrial development in Tasmania - the Gunns pulp mill.
Right now we have the power to stop the development before it's too late. Nationwide opposition has forced the Federal Environment Minister to allow ten days of public comment before making his final decision. You can help stop the pulp mill by voicing your opposition today:
http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/NoPulpMill
Gunns Ltd's proposed pulp mill will pour tonnes of dangerous greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and poisonous effluent into Bass Strait. The expected environmental damage will wreak havoc on the tourism, fishing, agriculture and wine industries in the area, and mean the further clear-felling of Tassie forests.
Tasmania's economic future depends on its clean, green image, not on pulp mills. Independent economic analysis released this week shows the mill will actually destroy more jobs and wealth than it creates. Tell Minister Turnbull there's no good reason to approve the pulp mill in its current form:
http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/NoPulpMill
The inquiry process into the mill's impact has been fraught with political and corporate interference. Let's put the people back into the process, and remind our decision-makerswho they really answer to.
Online polls
Both of these questions are different, and require different reponses. If, for example, you are against the mill, you will need to vote 'yes' for one of the polls, and 'no' for the other. Please read the questions carefully before casting your vote.
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'The Age' has a poll
http://www.lists.wilderness.org.au/lt.php?id=Kh4ICQsCDQEBBRkIBgVSHgMDUQVUBw%3D%3D>.
Q. Will the decision to build a pulp mill in Tasmania's Tamar valley affect
your vote?
The current vote is 75% yes, 25% no.
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'The Mercury' has a poll
http://www.lists.wilderness.org.au/lt.php?id=Kh4ICQsCDQEBChkIBgVSHgMDUQVUBw%3D%3D>.
Q. Should the Gunns pulp mill go ahead?
The current vote is 2% yes, 97% no.
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