Australia OKs Dumping Dredge Waste In Barrier Reef 277
An anonymous reader writes "Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has approved the dumping of 3 million cubic meters of dredge waste in park waters. The decision has been blasted by environmentalists. 'This is a sad day for the reef and anyone who cares about its future,' said WWF Great Barrier Reef campaigner Richard Leck. 'The World Heritage Committee will take a dim view of this decision, which is in direct contravention of one of its recommendations.'"
Re:By reef... (Score:4, Funny)
You do know that 25 KM is not a long distance, it's only 17 miles if you're not competent with metric measurements.
And only 15.5 miles if you are competent with Metric to English conversions.
Re: Sign the petition (Score:5, Funny)
There’s no point acting all surprised about it. All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display in your local planning department in Alpha Centauri for fifty of your Earth years, so you’ve had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaint and it’s far too late to start making a fuss about it now.
Re:Sign the petition (Score:5, Funny)
Even so, can't they just drive a bit further out to sea before pressing the "dump" button?
No, because there is this big reef in the way, that forms a rather great barrier.