Romania anti-mine protests continue but efficacy in question

The backlash began on September 1, when Romania’s government, headed by Prime Minster Victor Ponta, adopted a bill to allow the Canadian corporation Gabriel Resources to use cyanide mining — despite the environmental dangers — in the small, resource-rich town of Rosia Montana. Excavation for the project, which is awaiting parliamentary approval, would displace several hundred town inhabitants, destroy ancient Roman ruins and, according to environmental activists, pump 12,000 tons of cyanide into the ground every year.
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