Minister Watt and Labor: Reject Valhalla

Black Mountain Energy want to frack the Kimberley, and sadly the WA EPA have recommended approving their Valhalla fracking project.

But to go ahead with fracking, the company still needs federal approval.

We’ve had some promising signs from the Federal government and their own independent scientific body - the IESC, detailing how Black Mountain’s assessments of waterway damage were woefully inadequate.

This is a compelling reason to reject Valhalla, but it’s going to take all of us messaging federal decision makers, Labor MPs and Environment Minister Murray Watt.

Black Mountain Energy want to frack the Kimberley, and sadly the WA EPA have recommended approving their Valhalla fracking project.

But to go ahead with fracking, the company still needs federal approval.

We’ve had some promising signs from the Federal government and their own independent scientific body - the IESC, detailing how Black Mountain’s assessments of waterway damage were woefully inadequate.

This is a compelling reason to reject Valhalla, but it’s going to take all of us messaging federal decision makers, Labor MPs and Environment Minister Murray Watt.

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US-owned fracking company Black Mountain Energy has proposed to drill 20 fracking wells in the Kimberley region in North West Western Australia, which I believe poses an unacceptable risk to the unique biodiversity of the region and to water resources.

Black Mountain’s Valhalla fracking proposal would risk polluting the Martuwarra Fitzroy river, destroy endangered animal habitats and use two billion litres of fresh groundwater.

The Martuwarra Fitzroy River is part of the West Kimberley National Heritage Place (WKNHP) and has nationally listed threatened species including the Greater Bilby, as well as nationally listed migratory species, like the Common Sandpiper.

Fracking is a highly invasive industrial process that uses chemicals and brings contaminated water to the surface where it must be stored and transported. There has been little to no information in the proposal about the management and disposal of contaminated water and drill cuttings.

The Independent Expert Scientific Committee’s scathing report of Black Mountain’s plans details how their assessments of waterway damage are woefully inadequate. The company acknowledges it cannot rule out drinking water contamination for Traditional Owners and pastoralists drinking from bores.

Further, the Valhalla project is estimated to release approximately 1.6 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, further exacerbating worsening climate change.

I call on you to use your Ministerial powers under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act assessment to reject this damaging project and protect the Kimberley region from dangerous gas fracking.

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