Antinuclear

South Australia headed for higher greenhouse footprint with Olympic Dam expansion

BHP Billiton’s failure to reconsider their planned mega-expansion of Olympic Dam will be a disaster for the environment and local jobs, the Australian Greens said today.  from Tony serve Blogs    (Unfortunately I lost the link, and the rest of this article – with its greater detail)

Against a backdrop of a likely full-scale meltdown at TEPCO’s Fukushima plant in Japan, of which BHP Billiton is a likely uranium supplier, BHP Billiton has today released its supplementary Environmental Impact Statement on the expansion of the Roxby Downs copper/uranium mine.

“As it stands, BHP Billiton has designed a world’s-worst-practice uranium mine, when the alternative would see a lower greenhouse footprint and skilled jobs retained in South Australia,” Australian Greens spokesperson for nuclear issues Senator Scott Ludlam said…..

May 20, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | General News