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Australia seeks $120m for Great Barrier Reef damage from Chinese coal ship
2016-09-06 08:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: The Australian government is seeking at least $120m from the owners of a Chinese coal carrier that destroyed part of the Great Barrier Reef. Shenzhen Energy Transport is arguing against paying for the clean-up of the Douglas Shoal, which was severely damaged when the Shen Neng 1 went off-course and grounded in April 2010. The federal court heard on Tuesday the crash site was contaminated with hundreds of kilograms of paint particles tainted with the highly toxic anti-fouling agent tributyltin,...
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