[Greens-Media] Greens Senator Scott Ludlam - Roxby countdown: Greens encourage community submissions

[Kelly, Russell (Sen B. Brown)]

Roxby countdown: Greens encourage community submissions 


Greens Senator Scott Ludlam says concerned Australians should act
quickly to make a submission to the Federal and SA Governments opposing
the Roxby Downs Uranium Mine expansion, before it's too late. 

The deadline for submissions to the mine's Environmental Impact
Statement is Friday the 7th of August. 

"Given its enormous environmental impact, this project will be of
concern - not just to South Australians, but to all Australians. Sending
submissions to the Federal and SA Governments is the best opportunity we
have to convince them to put the brakes on this dangerous expansion
plan," said the Greens Nuclear Spokesperson, Senator Ludlam.

Some of the impacts of the expansion include:

- Increasing uranium exports from 4,000 tonnes per year, to 19,000
tonnes (enough plutonium to build 2,850 nuclear weapons)
- Selling of uranium to China (despite its appalling human rights
record)
- Allowing BHP to control consultation with Aboriginal people at Roxby
- Increasing the production of radioactive tailings waste to 68 million
tonnes annually to cover an area of up to 44 sq kms to a height of up to
65 metres
- Leaking an average of 3 million litres of radioactive waste a day
- Increasing the use of diesel at the Olympic Dam mine from 25 million
litres annually to over 375 million litres annually
- Increasing greenhouse gas emissions from 1.2 million tonnes annually
to up to 5.9 million tonnes

Senator Ludlam said submission could be made online or via post. 

To make a submission email: <OlympicDamEIS at state.sa.gov.au> or post -
Assessment Branch, Dept. of Planning and Local Government, RE: Proposed
Olympic Dam Expansion, GPO Box 1815, Adelaide SA 5001.

For more information see:
http://www.foe.org.au/anti-nuclear/issues/take-action/odmeis 


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