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Approved port expansion plans threaten existence of Great Barrier Reef

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 14:41

The government agency that oversees Australia`s Great Barrier Reef has given its nod to a plan to dump about 3 million cubic metres of dredged mud on the reef as part of a major coal port expansion , which conservationists say will endanger its fragile ecosystem.

Coal port plan will kill Great Barrier Reef: Activists

Last Updated: Thursday, December 12, 2013, 09:17

Conservationists on Wednesday slammed Australia`s approval for an Indian firm to expand a major coal port on the Great Barrier Reef coast, warning it would hasten the natural wonder`s demise.

Australia climate activists freeze world`s largest coal port

Last Updated: Sunday, September 26, 2010, 19:21

Oz climate change activists paralysed the world`s largest coal exporting port for five hours by breaking into the site and chaining themselves to machinery.