created by Portalrules123 on 01/02/2025 at 19:05 UTC
202 upvotes, 7 top-level comments (showing 7)
Comment by StatementBot at 01/02/2025 at 19:36 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The following submission statement was provided by /u/Portalrules123:
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SS: Related to ecological collapse as the Guardian Australia has obtained records that show a concerted years-long effort, potentially by multiple governments, to keep the Great Barrier Reef off of UNESCO’s in-danger list despite the clear recent ecological decline in the reef from bleaching due to climate change. I suppose this doesn’t come as the biggest shock due to how beholden Australian politicians seem to be to the fossil fuel industry, more so than many other countries. 2026 is the next chance to add the Reef to the in-danger list, leaving plenty of time for it to decline. Expect Australia to continue trying to gaslight themselves and the world about the Great Barrier Reef even as it dies for good in the coming years/decades.
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Comment by Zandmand at 01/02/2025 at 19:20 UTC
19 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Would be a lot harder for the Australian Government to ignore if it was officially endanged. Then reporters would ask pointed questions about lack of action
Comment by Portalrules123 at 01/02/2025 at 19:10 UTC
14 upvotes, 0 direct replies
SS: Related to ecological collapse as the Guardian Australia has obtained records that show a concerted years-long effort, potentially by multiple governments, to keep the Great Barrier Reef off of UNESCO’s in-danger list despite the clear recent ecological decline in the reef from bleaching due to climate change. I suppose this doesn’t come as the biggest shock due to how beholden Australian politicians seem to be to the fossil fuel industry, more so than many other countries. 2026 is the next chance to add the Reef to the in-danger list, leaving plenty of time for it to decline. Expect Australia to continue trying to gaslight themselves and the world about the Great Barrier Reef even as it dies for good in the coming years/decades.
Comment by HardNut420 at 01/02/2025 at 20:18 UTC
14 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I feel like we are going backwards hmmmm
Comment by VultureHoliday at 02/02/2025 at 01:04 UTC
12 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The reef brings in a lot of tourism. State and federal governments clearly *know* the reef is probably cooked at this point, but if they actually admitted it, or God forbid tried to actually do something about it, they might miss out on some of those sweet sweet tourist dollars.
Comment by anarchist_person1 at 02/02/2025 at 03:03 UTC
8 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Aussie politicians, from both of the major parties, are fully beholden to the will of the vile fucking scumbags that control our fossil fuel mining industries
Comment by mygoditsfullofstar5 at 02/02/2025 at 03:57 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Oh, so it's being on a **LIST** that's the problem! Well, gosh, why didn't we think of that before.
Just take all the animals off the endangered list and *voila!* No more 6th Great Mass Extinction.
Easy Peasy, Lemon Squeezy!
I hate this stupid timeline.