Great Barrier Reef Threatened by Offshore Gas Project, Lawsuit Says

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An environmental group filed a lawsuit that seeks to stop a large offshore gas project off Australia’s coast, arguing that it would further damage the Great Barrier Reef by leading to the release of more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere

SYDNEY—An environmental group filed a lawsuit that seeks to stop a large gas project off Australia’s coast, arguing that it would furtherby leading to the release of more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

The litigation, filed Tuesday in Australia’s Federal Court in Melbourne, is the latest step by conservationists to bring more attention to the reef, which suffered another bleaching event during Australia’s most recent summer, its fourth mass bleaching in seven years.

 

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