The Montara (Timor Sea) oil spill for months last year was amongst the worst in Australia’s history and despite clear scientific advice that the impact to marine mammals would stretch decades, no marine survey will be made, notes Dr Margi Prideaux.
Timor Sea oil spill
Oil pollution visible from Exmouth, WA, to Queensland
It’s sickening to think what must be happening to the marine life in Australia’s once pristine northern waters now polluted over vast areas, writes Bruce Hogben.
Australians scathing over Rudd’s Timor Sea inaction
This week’s Essential Report comes in steady at 59-41, but Rudd’s approval rating has taken a hit. The poll also found 75% of Australians believe the Government would have done much more to prevent damage caused by the Timor Sea oil spill if it had happened somewhere like the the Great Barrier Reef.
Can sexing up science save the planet?
The ABC has a great analysis on the Timor Sea oil spill and how the mainstream media only started paying attention once the leaking rig burst into flames. Endangered marine life? Pah. Big explosions?! Now you’re talking! Does the environmental movement need to start finding sexier angles to sell journos on their causes?
West Atlas spill the tip of the iceberg: WWF
In terms of the environment, the region of the Timor Sea where the West Atlas oil spill has occurred is easily as important as the Great Barrier Reef, writes Gilly Llewellyn.
Another leak in the Timor Sea
Another environmental disaster has hit the Timor Sea, with gas leaking from the Puffin oil field, about 50km from the West Atlas rig that continues to discharge oil.
Will Timor Sea oil slick be curtains for bluefin tuna?
The already-devastated Southern bluefin tuna population could be sunk for good by the recent Montara oil spill.
Our quietly spreading Exxon Valdez in the Timor Sea
A WWF trip to study the Timor Sea oil slick has found a disaster of disturbing proportions. Gilly Llewellyn and Bob Gosford write.
Australia’s shame: the Timor Sea oil spill
The Timor Sea oil leak is a disaster of not only local, but regional and international proportions, says Bob Gosford. So why has this marine catastrophe barely registered on the Australian radar?
PHOTO GALLERY: Timor Sea oil spill
Shocking photos from a WWF visit research trip to survey the damage caused by a recent oil leak in the Timor Sea, an area containing some of the most iconic and threatened species in the ocean.
