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> The former environment minister Melissa Price acknowledged that approval of a uranium mine in Western Australia could lead to the extinction of up to 12 native species but went ahead with the decision anyway.
> The admission is contained in a statement of reasons signed by the minister before she approved the Yeelirrie uranium mine, 500km north of Kalgoorlie, the day before the federal election was called in April.
> The document also shows the environment and energy department recommended conditions that would require the developer, Cameco, to ensure the project would not result in the extinction of up to 11 stygofauna, which are tiny groundwater species.
> Price acknowledged the department had recommended tougher conditions but said in the statement that if they were imposed there was "a real chance that the project would not go ahead".
> Price wrote that she "Accepted that there was a risk" that species could be lost but that the department's advice was this was not "Inevitable" if the project went ahead. The statement of reasons also notes that the project could lead to the wipeout of the entire western population of a species of saltbush, known as the Atriplex yeelirrie.
> After Price gave the project her approval in April, Cameco released a statement saying market conditions were challenging and would need to improve for the project to go ahead. The project also received approval from the Barnett government in WA, two weeks before going into caretaker mode before the 2017 state election, which it lost.
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... keep reading on reddit ➡A tainted MLA Anand Singh with serious cases pending against him under Indian Forest Act got himself appointed as Forest minister after throwing a tantrum. He was initially given the portfolio of Food and Civil suppplies but was reportedly unhappy. Yediyurappa buckled under pressure and redistributed portfolios barely a day after they were given responsibilities. Pretty sure what his first step is going to be as minister. Wild Karnataka indeed.
https://www.deccanherald.com/amp/state/top-karnataka-stories/anand-singh-gets-forest-ministry-despite-facing-15-cases-803835.html
He’s a pickup artist.
