Here is a taste of what is at stake for the #Gomeroi people: "an imminent threat to one of the most spiritually significant elements of their culture: the Pilliga Forest", the largest intact woodland west of the Great Dividing Range.

And what is at stake for everyone who lives on Earth: another blow to the habitability of the only planet known to support life.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-13/gomeroi-fight-santos-narrabri-gas-project-climate-change/101428862

“The environment and justice movements are increasingly under threat of legal sanctions and arrest for acts of nonviolent resistance to the extractive industries, especially logging and fossil fuels.” — David Shoebridge

NSW courts have recently delivered a hefty prison sentence for a lady who blocked a lane of traffic for less than 30 minutes to protest climate disruption, while giving the green light to yet another massive #FossilGas project involving the destruction of native forest (against the repeatedly expressed urgings of local #Gomeroi people and against the evidence of one of Australia's top climate scientists).

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/20/greens-push-for-federal-right-to-protest-law-after-nsw-jailing-of-deanna-violet-coco

#introduction I live on #Gomeroi country near #narrabri in northwest NSW. We practice #regenerative #ag and we don’t want to live in a gasfield and are concerned about emissions from coal. I’d like a positive, renewable energy fed future and am trying to figure out the best role I can play in that. I started not for profit renewables company Geni.Energy.

The unions came to #Coonabarabran this weekend to stand with the #Gomeroi (#Gamilaroi) people who are fighting to stop Santos and others destroying the #Pilliga https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/huge-union-delegation-supports-gomeroi-rights-against-santos-s-first-nations-and-environmental-destruction/