Report: The Great Barrier Reef is in danger, and the Australian government isn’t doing enough to protect it — salon.com

Australia, in the hands of Prime Minister Tony Abbott, has been a nightmare for the planet, as well as for its own natural wonder: the Great Barrier Reef. Harmed by the impacts of climate change, ocean acidification, mining, coastal development, water pollution etc. etc., the Reef’s lost more than half of its coral cover in just the last 30 years. And the government’s actions, according to a new report, is threatening to push the Reef over the brink — and onto the U.N.’s list of endangered World Heritage Sites.

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