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Australia: Abbot Point: study on dumping spoil in wetlands not required, Hunt says

2014-10-29 09:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: The federal government has waived the need for a full environmental impact study into the dumping of dredging spoil onto sensitive wetlands under the plan to expand the Abbot Point coal port in Queensland. The federal environment minister, Greg Hunt, has agreed to a request by Queenslands deputy premier, Jeff Seeney, to assess the controversial project using only paperwork from a discredited original plan to dump spoil in Great Barrier Reef waters. The Australian Greens and environmental groups...

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