End of an E.R.A. in Kakadu

This week, a good news story and some cautious optimism!Rio Tinto's Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) has announced it's abandoning the Ranger 3 Deeps project. With the current mining lease expiring in 2021, the Mirarr traditional owners have called for the rehabilitation of the site and the complete protection of Kakadu from mining. We ask how realistic is rehabilitation and what ERA's move indicates for the campaign against the nuclear industry more broadly.Also, a legal challenge to Adani's Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin, QLD.Guests: Dave Sweeney (ACF); Lauren Mellor (Environment Centre N.T.); Ellen Roberts (Mackay Conservation Group)Further information:Mirarr statement on ERA shelving of Ranger 3 Deeps'Reconsidering Ranger: the social, environmental and economic cost of uranium mining in Kakadu' (Environment Centre N.T.)'The ERA of uranium mining is over' (ACF)A background to the Galilee Basin mega coal projects (Earth Matters #972)Photo credit: Cat Beaton.