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When I was a toddler I went to an island off of Palawan, Philippines. I can only say the colors were vibrant the reef was full of life. It was majestic. I hope nobody will ever visit that island again.
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MAJ Ken Landgren
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - Feb 26, 2019
Australia is exploiting a questionable loophole in its pollution laws to dump a million tons of sludge on the Great Barrier Reef. In 2015, the government banned dumping sludge within the Great Barrier Reef’s boundaries, but that only applied to new or capital projects, and did not include sludge from maintenance projects. Taking advantage of this, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority recently approved the dumping over a million tons of dredging sludge — removed during the clearing and deepening of the Port of Hay Point — into the marine park. The dumping will take place over the next decade, beginning in March.
Australia is exploiting a questionable loophole in its pollution laws to dump a million tons of sludge on the Great Barrier Reef. In 2015, the government banned dumping sludge within the Great Barrier Reef’s boundaries, but that only applied to new or capital projects, and did not include sludge from maintenance projects. Taking advantage of this, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority recently approved the dumping over a million tons of dredging sludge — removed during the clearing and deepening of the Port of Hay Point — into the marine park. The dumping will take place over the next decade, beginning in March.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
MAJ Ken Landgren Doesn't sound wise to me. Around here we make islands from that kind of sludge because nothing will grow on it for many years.
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And to think I could have gone my entire life not knowing this information.
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