Coal mining has already devastated the landscape in Queensland’s Bowen Basin. Captions and Photo source: ©Greenpeace/Tom Jefferson “Cooking the Climate Wrecking The Reef: The global impact of coal exports from Australia’s Galilee Basin,” Greenpeace.
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Three million cubic metres of spoil will be dumped in waters 20km from the reef as part of the expansion of Abbot Point port.
Dumped dredge spoil in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park could travel further than previously thought, affecting coral…
Read Full Article, Guardian UK
Great Barrier Reef’s Unprecedented Threat From Dredging, Dumping, Guardian UK (05-07-2014)
The impact of dredging and dumping sediment on the Great Barrier Reef has been far greater than the mining industry has claimed, with nearly 150m tonnes of new dredging set to take place in the reef’s waters, a study shows…
Great Barrier Reef Authority Approves Dredging And Dumping To Expand Port, Guardian UK (01-31-2014)
Cooking The Climate Wrecking The Reef:The Global Impact Of Coal Exports From Australia’s Galilee Bassin, Greenpeace (Uploaded 09-19-2012)
A coal basin near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef will rank among the world’s worst producers of carbon pollution if fully mined, Greenpeace said, as it warned of devastating consequences. ” Cooking The Climate Wrecking The Reef: The Global Impact Of Coal Exports From Australia’s Galilee Bassin”, is a Greenpeace Australia Report.
UN Climate Chief Calls on Coal Industry to Change, (Uploaded 11-18-2013)
