CORAL DAMAGE WORSE THAN THOUGHT

CHINESE SHIP SPARKS GREAT BARRIER REEF
CORAL FEARS WHILE OIL FOUND ON BEACH

SYDNEY (ABC News) - A Chinese bulk carrier which ran aground off Queensland, has caused widespread damage to the famed Australia's Great Barrier Reef, according to the Australian authorities. The Chinese coal ship leaked 3 tons of oil which means a “significant scarring and coral damage” to nearly 3 kilometres of reef, authorities confirmed. Queensland State transport minister Rachel Nolan said autorities had identified coral damage caused by the ship. Rescue operations to re-float the Shen Neng 1 overnight were successful, with the bulk carrier now anchored 9 kms off Great Keppel Island, in northern Queensland. Concerns have shifted to the 3-km long, 250-meter wide trail of destruction the vessel caused when it ran aground at Douglas Shoal on April 3. The ship was carrying about 975 tons of fuel oil when it ran into trouble. The coral damage caused by the grounding of the Shen Neng 1 is worse than initially thought.


Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) chairman Russell Reichelt said that the ship had traveled more than 1 km since it first became stranded. “It didn't just (run) aground and stop,” he said. “It migrated over a kilometres over the week doing damage as it went.” GBRMPA spokesman David Wachenfeld says the ship has left a scar on the reef about three kilometres long and 250 metres wide. “We found areas of up to 20 to 40 metres across where the top of the shoal has been completely pulverised, so all of the plants and animals have been killed,” he said. The authority fears the paint scrapings found on the protected reef could be toxic; all the clean-up efforts will be the biggest ever undertaken on the Great Barrier Reef.


Individuals and big companies strive alike to gain power and expand their economic development, while remain ignorant of the true goal of life. In order to fulfil their egoistic goals, they perform actions without taking into consideration the damages caused to the environment.

WHAT DO THE VEDIC TEACHINGS TELL US?

Outer environmental pollution is merely a reflection of humans’ internal pollution of consciousness. … As we become polluted internally and act to satisfy those polluted desires, based on gaining money, power, distinction, adoration, and sensual gratification, we act in selfish ways for high positions or rapid and easy profits and pleasures. … It does not matter how small or big we are, or whether we are running a large corporation or just a household. Our consciousness will determine our decisions, which affects all of those around us.

Stephen Knapp (Nandanandana dasa)
“The Vedic Prophecies: A New Look into the Future”
“The Basic Pattern of Events for the Future in Kali-Yuga”
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