Posts Tagged ‘ Great Barrier Reef ’

Earth Day: The Time Has Come For Change

Apr 22nd, 2016 | By
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By Suzanne York. Yet another Earth Day is upon us, now officially known as International Mother Earth Day. In honor of it this year, some real steps forward are taking place, with the signing of the Paris climate accord today which, amongst other things, strives for limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial
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Coal and Business as Usual: Destroying the World’s Seventh Wonder

Feb 6th, 2014 | By
[photo credit: www.acfonline.org.au]

By Suzanne York, www.howmany.org It is the largest coral reef ecosystem on earth and one of the seven wonders of the natural world, but that isn’t enough to stop an effort to continue down the road of dirty fossil fuel energy. Last week, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMA) in Australia approved a
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