{"id":167529,"date":"2024-07-23T12:24:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T02:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.climatecouncil.org.au\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=167529"},"modified":"2024-07-24T13:42:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T03:42:43","slug":"time-to-end-offshore-gas-licenses-for-good","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.climatecouncil.org.au\/resources\/time-to-end-offshore-gas-licenses-for-good\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s time to end offshore gas licenses for good"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Responding to today\u2019s release of exploration licences for gas off the coast of Victoria and Western Australia, Climate Council Head of Policy and Advocacy Dr Jennifer Rayner said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGas exploration has to stop because the extraction and burning of this expensive and polluting fossil fuel has to stop. More gas means more climate pollution harming our kids and more unnatural disasters driving up our costs of living.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are already using less gas in Australia as homes and businesses embrace affordable and reliable clean energy. International demand for gas is forecast to peak before 2030 and sharply decline after that as all countries work to slash climate pollution. We need new policy thinking \u2013 including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatecouncil.org.au\/resources\/powering-past-gas-an-energy-strategy-that-works\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">real domestic gas reservation policy<\/a> to meet Australia\u2019s small and declining needs \u2013 not more gas projects.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/riscadvisory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Adam-Craig-PESA-Exploration-year-in-review-APPEA-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Industry analysis<\/a> shows there were already around 230,000 square kilometres of Australia\u2019s seabed under exploration licence in 2022, an area of land more than three times the size of Tasmania. The new licences issued today will add to the massive toll in climate pollution and environmental damage that would come with exploiting all of this acreage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time for the Australian Government to end the release of offshore exploration licences for fossil fuels altogether. Australia, and the world, is increasingly being powered by clean renewable energy \u2013 we do not need to stockpile new supplies. Exploring for more oil and gas now is like building Video Ezy stores in the age of Netflix.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-grey-light-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-grey-light-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For interviews please contact George Hyde on&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:george.hyde@climatecouncil.org.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>george.hyde@climatecouncil.org.au<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;or 0431 330 919, or the Climate Council media team on&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:media@climatecouncil.org.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>media@climatecouncil.org.au<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;or call 0485 863 063.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Climate Council is Australia\u2019s leading community-funded climate change communications organisation. We provide authoritative, expert and evidence-based advice on climate change to journalists, policymakers, and the wider Australian community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further information, go to:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/climatecouncil.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">climatecouncil.org.au<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or follow us on social media:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/climatecouncil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">facebook.com\/climatecouncil<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/climatecouncil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">twitter.com\/climatecouncil<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Responding to today\u2019s release of exploration licences for gas off the coast of Victoria and Western Australia, Climate Council Head of Policy and Advocacy Dr Jennifer Rayner said: \u201cGas exploration has to stop because the extraction and burning of this expensive and polluting fossil fuel has to stop. 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