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Environment

Aussies talk tough on shipping near reef

By Newsdesk.org Staff | April 12, 2010

In the wake of two troubling incidents regarding shipping near the Great Barrier Reef, including one in which a ship spilled oil when she ran hard aground, Australian officials delivered tough responses.

Economy

Reduce livestock burps and farts to save the Great Barrier Reef

By Newsdesk.org Staff | April 5, 2010

Even as Australian salvagers struggle to stop a Chinese ship from spilling hundreds of tons of oil onto the Great Barrier Reef, scientists are working on another Reef relief angle—reducing livestock belches and farts.