Read more: Original article in the Otago Daily Times

Debating oil and gas drilling without mentioning climate change has been labelled as like ”fighting a fire without water” during a Dunedin hearing into an Austrian company’s Otago plans.Environmental Protection Authority hearings started yesterday relating to OMV’s intentions to drill an oil and gas exploration well costing about $80million in the Great South Basin this summer.

Jack Brazil and his standard poodle Saffron Squish join demonstrators protesting against OMV outside an Environmental Protection Authority hearing in Dunedin yesterday. Photo: Gerard O'Brien

Jack Brazil and his standard poodle Saffron Squish join demonstrators protesting against OMV outside an Environmental Protection Authority hearing in Dunedin yesterday. Photo: Gerard O’Brien

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