Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Abbot-Point-Coal-Port-Expansion-in-North-Queensland-27MZIF34MIAB.htmlConceptually similarAbbot Point Coal Port Expansion in North QueenslandGP0STO5QNCompleted★★★★Abbot Point Coal Port Expansion in North QueenslandGP0STO5QOCompleted★★★★Abbot Point Coal Port Expansion in North QueenslandGP0STO5QRCompleted★★★★Abbot Point Coal Port Expansion in North QueenslandGP0STO5QMCompleted★★★★★★Abbot Point Coal Action in North QueenslandGP0STO5QPCompleted★★★★★★★Abbot Point Coal Action in North QueenslandGP0STO5QQCompleted★★★★★★Bulk Carriers Moored off Hay Point at Great Barrier ReefGP0STO5UWCompleted★★★★Bulk Carriers Moored off Hay Point at Great Barrier ReefGP0STO5UXCompleted★★★★Bulk Carriers Moored off Hay Point at Great Barrier ReefGP0STO5UYCompleted★★★★View AllGP0STO5QTAbbot Point Coal Port Expansion in North QueenslandThe construction of Wiggins Island coal terminal in Gladstone Harbour. Environment Minister Greg Hunt in Australia approves a massive and destructive dredging project at Abbot Point, just 50km north of the beautiful Whitsunday Islands. The approval is huge in both its size and impact. It would see some 3 million cubic metres of seabed ripped up at Abbot Point to make way for even more coal ships. The dredge spoil will then be dumped nearby inside the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.Locations:Abbot Point-Australia-Gladstone-Oceania-QueenslandDate:11 Dec, 2013Credit:© Dean Sewell / GreenpeaceMaximum size:4896px X 3264pxKeywords:Climate (campaign title)-Coal-Day-Dredging-Industrial cranes-KWCI (GPI)-Liquid Natural Gas (LNG)-Mountains-Oceans (campaign title)-OutdoorsShoot:Great Barrier Reef Under ThreatThe excursion of Australian Greenpeace's Queensland campaigner Louise Matthiesson and MY Esperanza captain Mike Fincken to Heron Island is a fact finding mission to a research station there as part of Greenpeace's Save the Reef campaign. Environment Minister Greg Hunt in Australia approves a massive and destructive dredging project at Abbot Point, just 50km north of the beautiful Whitsunday Islands. The approval is huge in both its size and impact. It would see some 3 million cubic metres of seabed ripped up at Abbot Point to make way for even more coal ships. The dredge spoil will then be dumped nearby inside the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
