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Reef envoy’s opposition to Clive Palmer-owned mine welcomed
Great Barrier Reef special envoy and Leichhardt federal MP Warren Entsch has come out strongly against the Clive Palmer-owned Central Queensland Coal project planned for just 10km from the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
In a letter handed to supporters of the Australian Marine Conservation Society’s action against the mine outside his electoral office in Cairns on 10 June, Mr Entsch said he had expressed his ‘very strong opposition to the project to Federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley and her staff’.
The mine is proposed for an area between Rockhampton and Mackay. It was deemed ‘not suitable to proceed’ by the Queensland government because of ‘unacceptable risks’ to the Great Barrier Reef and surrounding environments.
The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) has welcomed the WA Government's weekend announcement that they are fast tracking and expanding their.
The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) has welcomed the NSW Government's announcement that they will ban single-use plastics, heralding it as.
Plastic food utensils, cosmetic products, styrofoam tableware, and cotton buds with plastic stems are early on the NSW Government hit list with plastic plates and cups and lids soon after.
The writing is also on the wall for plastic cups, plates and heavyweight plastic shopping bags, with Environment Minister Matt Kean saying the government plans to phase out all single-use plastics by 2025 to stop 2.7 billion items from becoming litter.