The world's largest coral reef is facing a major sludge crisis. Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority just approved the dumping of one million tons of sludge on the delicate reef system thanks to a loophole in the country's law. Marine officials say that port industries have the right to dump waste that is dredged from the ocean floor wherever they want, including over the Great Barrier Reef. Environmentalists are concerned that the sludge will "smother" the reef and are looking...
from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/loophole-allows-1m-tons-of-sludge-to-be-dumped-on-great-barrier-reef
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