Posts tagged Great Barrier Reef
Right-Wingers Humiliate Australia & Hammer the Earth
PoliticsBill LauranceAustralia, Liberal Party, Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, Peter Dutton, political conservative, right-wing, far-right conservative, climate policy, carbon tax, carbon emissions scheme, fossil fuels, coal, global warming, climate change, political instability, Donald Trump, USA, Indonesia, New Guinea, Great Barrier Reef, Tim Flannery, broadscale land clearing, Queensland, heat wave, drought, runoff, mangroves, mining lobby
Crunch time for land clearing in Queensland
Infrastructure ExpansionBill LauranceQueensland, land clearing, deforestation, forests, woodlands, Martine Maron, greenhouse gases, carbon emissions, biodiversity, Koala, Great Barrier Reef
Australia's shame: World Heritage sites in peril
Bill LauranceWet Tropics World Heritage Area, Wet Tropics of Queensland, Australia, Queensland government, Australian federal government, Tony Abbott, World Heritage, Great Barrier Reef, Virunga National Park, World Heritage Outlook Report, Salonga National Park, Tropical Rainforests Heritage of Sumatra, climate change, invasive species, infrastructure, urbanization, feral animals, Wet Tropics Management Authority, environmental impact assessments, cultural values, biodiversity
Obama eco-speech infuriates Aussie conservatives
Bill LauranceG20, Barack Obama, Tony Abbott, climate change, global warming, carbon emissions, China, University of Queensland, Julie Bishop, Great Barrier Reef, coral bleaching, ocean acidification, heat waves, illegal logging, World Heritage Site in Danger, UNESCO
Australia called 'most hostile' to the environment