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"Environmentalists who took legal action to prevent a toxic waste dump in an
ancient pocket of Tasmania’s Tarkine rainforest are celebrating a federal court
win.
The Bob Brown Foundation is a Tasmanian NGO which promotes the protection of
the Australian state’s wild and natural places of ecological significance.
Yesterday (25 July) the organisation heard it had been successful in its latest
attempt to stop Chinese mining company MMG opening a tailings dam near the town
of Rosebery on the island's west coast.
Australia’s federal court found that the country's then environment minister,
Sussan Ley, had failed to apply the ‘precautionary principle’ before approving
drilling and surveying works at the site. This is a key concept in
environmental law, which holds that ecological assessments must be carried out
when not enough is known about the impact of a new development.
Federal court justice Mark Moshinsky upheld the NGO’s objection on the grounds
that the endangered Tasmanian masked owl was not properly considered. That
means a new assessment is set to take place, effectively halting MMG’s plans
for the dam."
Via
Future Crunch Aug 20, 2022:
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https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-on-cervical-cancer-in-rwanda-a-climate-bill-for-the-united-states-and-saiga-antelope-in-kazakhstan/>
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
