UNESCO is threatening to take the Great Barrier Reef off its list of World Heritage sites in the wake of Australia’s decision to build new coal transport facilities on the Queensland coast. Tim McDonnell of Mother Jones magazine’s Climate Desk joins host Steve Curwood to explain how an increase in shipping could damage the vulnerable reef.
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