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Last disease-free Tasmanian devils imperiled by mine

2013-08-07 16:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: The federal environment minister, Mark Butler, has given the go-ahead to a controversial mine that the courts halted amid concerns it could drastically affect the last stronghold of the Tasmanian devil. Butler said he had granted approval to Shree Minerals to proceed with its iron ore mine at Nelson Bay River in the north-west of Tasmania, subject to 30 conditions. However, the Save the Tarkine campaign group, which successfully convinced the federal court to block the mine two weeks ago, said...

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