Australia’s government has environmentalists up in arms. Justifiably?
Tony Abbott's government has been described as the most hostile to his nation's environment in history. Here's why people are pissed off.
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One of Australia's most stunning natural wonders - the Great Barrier Reef - will have a section of its ocean bed ripped up to create a coal shipping lane.
Under the Abbott government, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has given the go-ahead for three million cubic metres of ocean bottom to be dredged and dumped within the World Heritage area to open a new shipping route.
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A reef that was already vulnerable thanks to a number of environmental threats.
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Threats such as agricultural runoff, increased ocean acidity and rises in ocean temperatures scientists believe is caused by the burning of fossil fuels such as coal. Rising temperatures leads to coral bleaching. Worse feedback loop ever. A study released by the Australian Institute of Marine Science found the reef has lost half its coral cover in the last three decades.
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