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> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 04:29:31 -0500 (CDT) > Subject: Bucharest Daily - Soros and Rosia Montana > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Rosia Montana mining project raises fresh criticism > from NGO > Andreea Pocotila > > The Open Society Foundation (OSF) yesterday made its > opposition public to > the gold mining project in Rosia Montana, where the > Toronto-based Gabriel > Resources company plans to extract over 300 tons of > gold and 1,600 tons of > silver. Over the last six years, the project has > raised controversy and > scandal, as the local community was split between > supporters and > opponents. Gabriel Resources promises the project > will boost the economy > of the area and will improve the current bad > environmental conditions. > However, the OSF representatives yesterday said the > project will have > devastating effects on the environment and cultural > vestiges in the area. > "We will use all legal and civic means to stop this > project from being > carried out," said a press release from the NGO and > signed by the > organization's president, Renate Weber. > > The OSF press release was the answer the > organization gave to an > invitation launched by the Gabriel Resources Vice > President John Aston. He > had invited the NGO to state its point of view > regarding the environment > impact assessment recently released by the company. > > The controversy caused by the mining project raised > the attention of the > international mass media. Last Friday, British > newspaper The Guardian > published an article about the campaign initiated by > actress Vanessa > Redgrave against the gold mine. Redgrave dedicated > her lifetime > achievement award at the International Transylvania > Film to a local > community organization, Alburnus Maior, which is the > main opponent of the > mining project planned by Gabriel Resources. In > return, the NGO gave the > actress a square meter of land in the village of > Rosia Montana. The > Canadian company was outraged by the actress's > remarks and gave its > response in an advertisement in The Guardian. The ad > - paid by Gabriel > Resources - is an open letter signed by locals who > support the project. > > "If you help a small group of outsiders stop the new > mine, without having > any connection with our community, they'll leave our > village and go on to > the next battle against development. You will have > your meter of land in > our village - and your fine home in London. Where > will we go? How will we > live?" says the letter. > > The Guardian yesterday published three other open > letters about the Rosia > Montana mining project, but this time from opponents > of the project. One > of the letters, signed by approximately 50 artists, > including Romanian > writer Horia-Roman Patapievici and singer Mihnea > Blidariu, says: "Gabriel > Resources' mine proposal is not about creation, it > is about destruction. > That's why it intends to impose it upon the > community and that's why it > buys ads to shut critics up." > > Another letter was signed by Alburnus Maior project > coordinator Sorana > Olaru Zainescu, who says "the open-cast mining > project will last 16 years > and it doesn't solve the problems of jobs and > environment in the area." > > The third letter came from Cambridge Professor > George Comori, who pointed > out "Romania is already one of the most > environmentally degraded countries > in Europe - we don't need another major pollutant in > the area fuelled by > sheer greed and company profit." > Ends. > DIN CLIPUL FORMATIEI "BUG MAFIA" realizat la ROSIA MONTANA : ...armele le port cu mine mereu am incredere in Dumnezeu ! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/RR.olB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *** sustineti [romania_eu_list] prin 2% din impozitul pe 2005 - detalii la http://www.doilasuta.ro *** Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/romania_eu_list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
