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Great Barrier Reef dredge dumping plan could be shelved
2014-09-02 07:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: An India-backed mining consortium could shelve controversial plans to dump dredging waste in the Great Barrier Reef, with alternative sites on land being considered amid growing environmental concerns, Australia said Tuesday. Environment Minister Greg Hunt said there was an "emerging option" that could see the consortium -- India's Adani Group and Australia's North Queensland Bulk Ports and GVK Hancock -- submit a proposal suggesting onshore dumping locations. "There is an emerging option which...
Australia: Great Barrier Reef dumping plans scrapped: report
2014-09-01 21:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wellington Times: Plans to use the Great Barrier Reef as a dumping site for 3 million cubic metres of dredged material from the ocean floor will be abandoned by a multinational consortium, the Australian Financial Review reports. North Queensland Bulk Ports, GVK Hancock and Adani Group will alter plans to expand the Abbot Point coal terminal, a proposal which had already been approved by federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt. The trio are set to re-submit a proposal as early as this week to Mr Hunt, however...
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Fears grow for Great Barrier Reef
2014-08-15 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: In the wake of two damning reports outlining the deteriorating state of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Indian mining conglomerate Adani on Friday secured the rights to begin construction on a rail line that will drive coal directly into the controversial Abbot Point terminal, placing further pressure on the world heritage listed park. Fears within the environmental scientific community are at their peak with the 300- km rail line linking the Carmichael Galilee Basin mine to the Abbot Point terminal...
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Rail line to Great Barrier Reef coal port Abbot Point wins approval
2014-08-15 00:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: Indian mining giant Adani has won approval to build a rail line to one of the worlds biggest coal ports near the Great Barrier Reef. Queenslands coordinator-general on Thursday ticked off on plans for a 300km rail line linking the Carmichael Galilee Basin mine to the Abbot Point terminal. Liberal National party MP Vaughan Johnson, the governments chief whip, has previously raised concerns about the route dividing rural properties in central and north Queensland. He met the Premier, Campbell...
Environment minister Greg Hunt admits Great Barrier Reef is in trouble
2014-08-14 07:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: They say the first way to treat a problem is to admit the problem exists. In that respect, the Australian government may be coming to terms with what it will take to turn around the worrying state of the Great Barrier Reef. An outlook report by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), the government agency tasked with overseeing the reefs health, declines to mince its words. The reef is an icon under pressure that has suffered a dip in health since the last major analysis of...
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