WTF chaps ?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-52869502

Fucking greedy, evil morons. 

This is really the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Rio Tinto though. They are a truly despicable bunch.

You know I seriously doubt that they just went there & blew it up.  I'd say it would have taken years to get to this point.   More to this story imo.   

Yes there is.  And calling them the 'taliban' is ridiculous.

Still a monumental fuckup.

cant see that rio did any differnet to this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhas_of_Bamyan

another question mainly for the eco warriors , did man made global warming contribute to the ice age caves being in the middl of WA, only couldnt get an answer from the greta fan club up north

Pretty sure one was inadvertent but time will tell.

both caused by ignorance

In case you'd care to educate yourself.

https://skepticalscience.com/print.php

They specifically applied to do blasting eleven metres from the site years in advance.

And from what I've read were in compliance with the regulations at the time.  (Again, there's more to this story.)

Not sticking up for Rio here but calling them the Taliban is a joke.

Surely you can appreciate the difference between the tens to hundreds of thousands of years in the Earth's ice age cycle and a sustained change in temperatures within a hundred years?

Indeed, which makes it all the worse.

Which were agreed with the local elders over a 17 year period.

I'd say that's a hard no.

Only 2 countries in the world where the science isn't settled.  Australia and the US.  Every other developed nation on earth has bipartison support for action on climate change. 

Cheers for that, computer modelling is flawed just ask prof Ferguson regards covid.
First law of computing is stil valid
Garbage in Garbage out