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Australia: Abbot Point: study on dumping spoil in wetlands not required, Hunt says
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 29th, 2014
Guardian: The federal government has waived the need for a full environmental impact study into the dumping of dredging spoil onto sensitive wetlands under the plan to expand the Abbot Point coal port in Queensland.
The federal environment minister, Greg Hunt, has agreed to a request by Queensland’s deputy premier, Jeff Seeney, to assess the controversial project using only paperwork from a discredited original plan to dump spoil in Great Barrier Reef waters.
The Australian Greens and environmental groups...
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Solving salt water contamination in Bangladesh
Posted by SciDevNet: None Given on October 29th, 2014
SciDevNet: Salt water has contaminated the drinking water in the Dacope district, a coastal region of Bangladesh. The increase in salinity, linked to rising sea levels associated with climate change, threatens the health of many people, particularly women and babies.
To deal with the problem, Bangladeshi and UK scientists are moving on two fronts. First, they are collecting more evidence on the links between climate change and water quality, and the resulting health impact. This kind of data might help promote...