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The Environment Minister has said she will likely refuse approval for his Central Queensland Coal Project near Marlborough, just 10km from the Great Barrier Reef coastline.
UNESCO, the UN cultural organization, is considering downgrading the Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status mainly because rising ocean temperatures are killing coral.