The Federal Government has dropped Muckaty Station in the Northern Territory as the proposed site for a radioactive waste facility, bringing to an end a Federal Court challenge by traditional owners opposed to the project.
Domestic nuclear energy shouldn't be ruled out, and both sides of politics need to accept that Australia should cut emissions in the cheapest way possible, Business Council president Tony Shepherd has told the National Press Club.
Environment Minister Tony Burke today granted EPBC Act approval to BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam expansion, on the same day that the South Australian Government gave it the go-ahead, with the Greens warning the project would create a 'carcinogenic mountain'.
Those who argue the renewable energy target can be abolished once a carbon price is in place are consigning Australia to a nuclear future, Clean Energy Council CEO Matthew Warren said today, while also calling for a depoliticised approach to spending permit revenue.
Mining company UraniumSA has lodged a referral under the Federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Protection Act for a small scale uranium recovery field trial at Mullaquana, near Whyalla, South Australia.
