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Greenpeace has notified the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) of legal action over its dealings with oil giant OMV\u2019s application to drill a high risk, deep water well this summer.<\/p>\n

Greenpeace New Zealand Executive Director Dr Russel Norman outlined the planned action to EPA Chief Executive Dr Allan Freeth today.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease find attached a letter notifying you of our decision to lodge a Judicial Review of the EPA\u2019s process for dealing with OMV\u2019s applications to drill for deep sea oil off New Zealand\u2019s coast,\u201d Norman wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are in a climate and ecological emergency, and the time for polite chats behind closed doors while Government agencies condemn us to a catastrophe is well passed. So it\u2019s off to court – again.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Norman surprised participants at an EPA conference by handing his planned speaking spot over to a high school student. After taking to the stage, 18 year old Sorcha Carr told the government agency<\/a> charged with protecting New Zealand\u2019s environment that it had failed.<\/p>\n

\u201cOil drilling has no place in Aotearoa. It threatens entire ecosystems, and the fruits of such labour threatens the future of millions of children around the world and in New Zealand,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time to stop hiding behind the greed and profit. It\u2019s time to stand up and tell the truth. As a democratic society, we deserve to know about this process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carr was referring to the EPA\u2019s current closed-door consideration of an application by OMV to drill a high risk well in the Great South Basin, at depths similar to that of the Deepwater Horizon blow out.<\/p>\n

The EPA is facing mounting pressure, including a 14,000 strong petition<\/a>, to hold a public hearing into the application so that local communities, iwi, scientists and businesses can have a say.<\/p>\n

Greenpeace\u2019s Judicial Review will challenge the EPA\u2019s decision not to hold a public hearing.<\/p>\n

Norman says the EPA has a history of rubber stamping similar applications.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the many years the Authority has been considering oil and gas drilling applications, it has given the green light to every single one of them. There is something very wrong with this picture,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore than 3.5% of New Zealand\u2019s population took to the streets last month to demand our Government act on the climate emergency. The people are rising, and it\u2019s time for the EPA to decide which side of history they want to be on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Greenpeace has previously launched legal action against the EPA decision to approve seabed mining off the Taranaki Coast.<\/p>\n

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