Sentence examples for dumping of spoil from inspiring English sources

It also allows the dumping of spoil from maintenance dredging.

One of the most controversial issues is the dumping of spoil waste from dredging operations designed to keep sea channels clear for shipping.

The reef plan bans the dumping of spoil from new channels in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, but not the World Heritage Site, which has a slightly different boundary.

The reef has lost about 50 per cent of its coral in the past 30 years, due partly to ocean acidification caused by greenhouse gas emissions; the dumping of spoil from the dredging of sea channels; and pollution from agricultural chemicals.

Felicity Wishart, Great Barrier Reef campaign director with the Australian Marine Conservation Society, said: "Most Australians will be shocked and angry at this decision by the Marine Park Authority and Minister Hunt to allow dumping of dredge spoil in Reef waters.

The Australian government has moved to ban the dumping of dredge spoil in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in an attempt to prevent the reef being labelled "in danger" by the United Nations.

Some environmentalists expressed disappointment that the agreement did not ban the dumping of dredge spoil in the bay nor address problems like nitrogen pollution from cars and power plants.

The preliminary decision by Unesco's world heritage committee, which will inform a final ruling in Germany next month, welcomed Australia's moves to tackle water pollution, limit new port development and ban the dumping of dredge spoil from those ports in reef waters.

The federal member for Dawson, an electorate which lies adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef, said he "didn't foresee the angst the dumping of dredge spoil in the Great Barrier Reef marine park would cause tourism operators and the residents of the Whitsundays".

He has expanded to invest in marine conservation, helping create the Great Kimberley marine park and funding the Fight for the Reef campaign – a collaboration between WWF and the Australian Marine Conservation Society, which has fought to stop dredging at Abbot Point and the dumping of dredge spoil on the Great Barrier Reef.

If audiences are after real "reality" television – the kind that actually shines a light on what's going on around us – Four Corners' investigation into the dumping of dredge spoil and its impact on the Great Barrier Reef makes for chilling watching.