Let’s quiz our Environment Commissioner Candidate about a cyanide ban

Question to candidate Commissioner

• Where do you draw the line between the industry’s ‘job creation’ rhetoric and the constant threat to the environment posed by cyanide based mining?  In this respect, how do you see EU’s future ENVI policies evolve?
• What steps will you take to promote investment in urban mining and recycling activities, reducing cyanide based mining technologies, in order to achieve EU’s circular economy goals?
• Will you include in your work programme an objective to support green employment in recycling precious metals as an alternative to cyanide based mining technologies?  How do you plan to use the Structural Funds to encourage this kind of green employment represented by urban mining economic activities?
• http://miningwatch.ro/en/stiri/romana-haideti-sa-il-chestionam-pe-candidatul-la-postul-de-comisar-pentru-mediu-cu-privare-la-interzicerea-cianurii/