End of an E.R.A. in Kakadu

Sunday, 21 June 2015 - 11:00am to 11:30am
'Ranger Danger' rally at ERA office in Darwin, December 2013. Image: Cat Beaton

This week, a good news story and some cautious optimism!
Rio Tinto's Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) has announced it's abandoning the Ranger 3 Deeps project. With the current mining lease expiring in 2021, the Mirarr traditional owners have called for the rehabilitation of the site and the complete protection of Kakadu from mining.
We ask how realistic is rehabilitation and what ERA's move indicates for the campaign against the nuclear industry more broadly.

Also, a legal challenge to Adani's Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin, QLD.

Guests: Dave Sweeney (ACF); Lauren Mellor (Environment Centre N.T.); Ellen Roberts (Mackay Conservation Group)

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Photo credit: Cat Beaton.

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Sunday 11:00am to 11:30am
Local and global environmental issues from grassroots, activist perspectives with a strong social justice focus. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network.

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Phil Evans, Bec Horridge, Eiddwen Jeffery, Judith Peppard & Jacob Gamble

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