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Australia approves dredging for coal port near Barrier Reef

2015-12-22 08:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Australia approved on Tuesday a controversial expansion of the Abbot Point coal terminal, which environmentalists fear will damage the Great Barrier Reef but supporters say is needed to protect the sector from decline. The expansion work will require dredging 1.1 million cubic meters of seabed near the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, which will then be disposed of on land to make way for what will become one of the world's biggest export terminals for coal. Federal Environment Minister Greg...

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