Greens urge govt to block Pilbara uranium. The Greens have vowed to fight a Canadian company's bid to mine uranium in Western Australia but hope the federal government will reject the proposal on environmental grounds.
Canadian uranium mining company Cameco is seeking federal environmental approval to mine its Kintyre uranium deposit near Telfer in WA's Pilbara. If given approval, it plans to truck as much as 3600 tonnes of uranium oxide annually from Kintyre, near Telfer, in the Pilbara, to a planned hub near Kalgoorlie. From there it would be shipped by rail to Adelaide or Darwin for export. Advertisement The deposit, near the Rudall River, alongside Karlamilyi National Park in WA's north was originally part of the park before it was excised in 1994, Greens Senator Scott Ludlam said. "So as you can imagine it is a pristine natural area and it has environmentally sensitive wetlands in the vicinity," Senator Ludlam said.
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Tanna attacks coal-seam gas critics over inaccurate claims. Catherine Tanna says critics of coal-seam gas should substantiate their claims.
Picture: Liam Kidston Source: The Australian THE head of Australia's biggest coal-seam gas project has struck back at critics of the industry, claiming they have not been challenged on inaccurate statements while the industry has to substantiate everything it says. BG Group's Australian managing director, Catherine Tanna, said that while her company and the industry as a whole accepted criticism, there had been several instances in the past few months when that criticism was not factually true.
"We accept that we have to substantiate what we say. That's reasonable on the part of the group and the host communities," she said. "But we think others should substantiate what they say too. Three years ago, Ms Tanna was an outstanding example of the successful Australian expatriate, living an international career based in The Hague while managing the gas interests of international energy giant Shell.
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