The future of this Australian island is in danger. How its residents are fighting back
24 days ago by okwithmydecay to c/environment
The most dire scientific predictions give the Torres Strait's low-lying islands, including Masig, until 2050 before they become uninhabitable.
Look at all these selfish people. Not caring once about the oil and gas shareholders. Imagine caring about your island and not the stock market. What you want them to stop making money? In this economy?
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Such a paradise. And of course on track to being destroyed. The so-called leaders of our world are culpable.
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