HELL NO!!!!!! CONTACT THEM AND PROTEST!!!! The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (CNN) -- The Australian federal government has approved a plan to dump 3 million cubic meters of dredge spoil in the Great Barrier Reef Park. The dredged material will come from the proposed expansion of the coal port at Abbot Point, south of Townsville on the Queensland coast. Final approval came from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority , and is subject to strict conditions. The proposal, while controversial and opposed by environmental groups including Greenpeace, had already been approved by Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt last month. Tony Abbotts government has come under fire for a raft of environmental decisions lately, including an election pledge to rescind expansion of Tasmanias World Heritage -listed forest reserve which has united environmental campaigners and the forestry industry, who see the plan as unworkable and damaging in the long term.
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 16:45:50 +0000
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