Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Abbot-Point-Coal-Port-Expansion-in-North-Queensland-27MZIF34MK3R.htmlConceptually similarAbbot Point Coal Port Expansion in North QueenslandGP0STO5QMCompleted★★★★★★Abbot Point Coal Action in North QueenslandGP0STO5QSCompleted★★★★Abbot Point Coal Port Expansion in North QueenslandGP0STO5QNCompleted★★★★Abbot Point Coal Port Expansion in North QueenslandGP0STO5QOCompleted★★★★Abbot Point Coal Port Expansion in North QueenslandGP0STO5QTCompleted★★★★Abbot Point Coal Action in North QueenslandGP0STO5QPCompleted★★★★★★★Abbot Point Coal Action in North QueenslandGP0STO5QQCompleted★★★★★★Abbot Point Coal Action in North QueenslandGP0STO5QUCompleted★★★★Bulk Carriers Moored off Hay Point at Great Barrier ReefGP0STO5UXCompleted★★★★View AllGP0STO5QRAbbot Point Coal Port Expansion in North QueenslandCoal stockpiles at R.G.Tanna Coal 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-Harbours-Industrial structures-KWCI (GPI)-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.
