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Trans-Tasman Resources (TTR) have today issued their formal response to the Fast Track Expert Panel\u2019s draft decision<\/a>, in it, they say they will not propose any changes to conditions. There is now nothing stopping the panel from making a final decision to decline consent. <\/p>\n\n

TTR go on to say they reject the \u201cassumptions and conclusions\u201d of the panel that the evidence TTR provided around potential environmental impacts were \u201cuncertain, incomplete or inadequate\u201d.<\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace Aotearoa seabed mining campaigner Juressa Lee says:<\/p>\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s clear that TTR knows their project fails to meet even the pro-industry Fast Track Act process and are fast running out of options to get their doomed project across the line. TTR even suggests the panel misunderstands the application, an arrogant dismissal of the panel, the months they have dedicated to careful deliberation, and the wealth of expertise that has been provided to ensure the decision is well-informed.\u201d

In its draft decision released earlier this month, the expert panel ruled that seabed mining in Taranaki could harm threatened species like pygmy blue whales and penguins, and could not be safely managed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThis is, in part, the result of a united position from all eight iwi of Taranaki, as well as expert witnesses who submitted on behalf of Greenpeace and Kiwis Against Seabed Mining (KASM),\u201d says Lee. \u201cIt\u2019s also what mana whenua, communities and environmental groups have been saying for over a decade: Seabed mining will cause irreversible harm to the moana and there is no place for this industry in Aotearoa.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time political leaders took bold action and stopped seabed mining once and for all by banning it in Aotearoa,\u201d Lee continues.<\/p>\n\n

The panel declined TTR\u2019s proposal<\/a> in February, finding seabed mining would harm threatened species like pygmy blue whales and penguins, and could not be safely managed. It will make its final decision before 18 March.  <\/p>\n\n

“It\u2019s clear TTR is out of ideas. They have been defeated time and time again all the way up to the Supreme Court. The evidence is clear. There is no place for seabed mining in Aotearoa.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThe resistance to seabed mining is strong and unyielding. Iwi, environmentalists, community groups, and ocean protectors have been fighting for decades and any attempt to start seabed mining in Aotearoa will be met with further resistance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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