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Logistics and Lizards Disrupt Chevrons Project Off Australia
2015-07-04 09:05:45| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Getting anything to Chevrons gas-processing plant on Barrow Island is a bit of a trick. Some supplies travel 15 hours from Perth to a supply base for shipping. En route, trucks cannot stop under trees, to avoid picking up bugs and bird droppings. When people and cargo finally make it to the island, an army of 300 enforces a quarantine: Every Velcro strap on clothing and bags is checked for seed pods, boots are scrubbed free of dirt and pants with cuffs never even make it ashore. Such measures...
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