'Blue superhighway' threatened by well near Australian reef
Posted Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:31:01 GMT by Martin Leggett
Despite dramatic failures of deep-water drilling, both in the Gulf of Mexico, and closer to home in the Timor Sea, with devastating consequences of the resulting oil spill, the Australian government is considering plans for further oil exploration - in some of its most sensitive marine areas. The Ningaloo Reef, close an important marine migration route, would be threatened by such exploration, according to WWF-Australia.
'Blue superhighway' threatened by well near Australian reef