Scientists say Australia's Tony Abbott is engineering an 'environmental train wreck'
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/140407/scientists-say-australias-tony-abbott-engineering-environm
Destructive policies include culling sharks, dumping near the Great Barrier Reef and eroding protection of a UNESCO World Heritage forest.
Scientists say Australia's Tony Abbott is engineering an 'environmental train wreck'
Lyn Eyb
April 8, 2014 01:55
LONDON An environmental train wreck.
Thats what leading environmental scientists say that Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has engineered, in less than one year in office. They say the changes hes implementing could result in irreversible damage to some of the worlds most fragile ecosystems.
And they say they are screaming in the dark to get the countrys ultra conservative government to take a more sustainable course, so far with little luck.
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Abbott came to power last September promising to abolish the countrys landmark carbon and mining taxes, and cut green tape that he said hindered development.