Death of the Great Barrier Reef
Your Sunscreen Is Destroying the Great Barrier Reef
And so the chain of environmental devastation continues.
Here’s What UNESCO Should Have Told Australia
Australia will leave the World Heritage Committee Meeting today with a few lessons on the Great Barrier Reef. Only one should have been emphasized, and that's about mining.
UNESCO Is Examining Australia's Neglect of the Great Barrier Reef
Every July since 2012, UNESCO has threatened to place the Great Barrier Reef on their 'in-danger' list. In Part 1 of our two-part series, we're looking at Australia's efforts to avoid the listing
The New Plan to Save the Reef Focuses on Water Quality and Not Climate Change
Which is why many experts think it won't work.
We Asked Queensland’s New Environment Minister What He’s Doing for the Reef
With a new Queensland government, the reef is also under new management. We spoke to Environment Minister Steven Miles about dredging, climate change, and feeling optimistic.
Will Dredge Spoil From the Reef Destroy the Caley Valley Wetlands?
The expansion of Abbot Point will no longer mean dumping dredge spoil on the reef. Instead it's to be dumped in a wetland, which creates a new set of problems.
Goodbye Great Barrier Reef, Hello Dredge Dumping
Last Friday Australia gave an Indian resources conglomerate the thumbs up to dredge out the world’s largest coal port at Abbot Point, right on the reef; effectively signing the death warrant on one of the country's most prized natural attractions.
Is Australia Going to Kill the Great Barrier Reef on Friday?
The largest reef network in the world may be half dead, but Queensland, Australia, needs jobs and Asia needs coal—and coal jobs trump everything.