"In Australia, new coal mines are approved even as a warmer ocean kills the Great Barrier Reef. "
The bleaching of the GBR had every thing to do with dropping sea levels , and nothing to do with those coal mines or burning the coal from them.
see: Coral mortality induced by the 2015–2016 El-Niño in Indonesia: the effect of rapid sea level fall 02/24/17
see: Coral mortality following extreme low tides and high solar radiation
03/06/07
After all ,what heats up quicker on a sunny day ,shallow water or deep water?
Would it be to much to ask for the writer to do some research before just throwing out claims like this.