Social media empowers anti-mining activists

Memories of a 2000 cyanide spill from a gold tailings pond in northern Romania are still fresh, and some want an outright ban on the toxic chemical, which Gabriel would use to process ore, a normal industry practise. For its part, Gabriel says it would abide by tough environmental standards, and tailings that contain small amounts of cyanide would be safely contained. All sides agree that social media has played a pivotal role in the conflict over the project. “The protests and text messages and emails that my colleagues have received created a certain pressure on those who voted,” said Florin Iordache, a lower house member of the governing Social Liberal Union, who was part of the commission that rejected in November a draft bill to allow the project to proceed.
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