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Greenpeace activists board Australian coal ship in reef protest

2013-04-24 08:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Six Greenpeace activists boarded a coal ship bound for South Korea near Australia's Great Barrier Reef on Wednesday, protesting against the expansion of the rich Australian coal industry and its impact on the World Heritage site. Environmentalists say the Great Barrier Reef, a popular tourist site worth about A$6 billion ($6.1 billion) a year to the Australia economy, is threatened by dredging, sedimentation and coal port and shipping development. UNESCO will decide in June whether the reef...

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