For the first time in over 10 years an environmental activist is jailed in Tasmania, with the protester telling supporters outside court "if that makes me a dangerous criminal … we are going to need bigger prisons".
I think the important thing is the location, the Tarkine is an area of high value wilderness, so mining it seems particularly onerous.
I don’t think anyone’s under the illusion that we could stop mining as a whole, but they might be able to stop it in one place by making it a higher cost than just opening up somewhere else
I’m unfamiliar with the area where this was happening. I agree; high value habitat has to be preserved. The biodiversity collapse is a real and terrible thing.
I think the important thing is the location, the Tarkine is an area of high value wilderness, so mining it seems particularly onerous.
I don’t think anyone’s under the illusion that we could stop mining as a whole, but they might be able to stop it in one place by making it a higher cost than just opening up somewhere else
I’m unfamiliar with the area where this was happening. I agree; high value habitat has to be preserved. The biodiversity collapse is a real and terrible thing.