{"id":1477,"date":"2014-11-21T13:03:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T11:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miningwatch.ro\/sitenou\/?p=1477"},"modified":"2015-10-28T12:29:05","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T10:29:05","slug":"mai-multi-europarlamentari-ii-cer-comisarului-de-mediu-interzicerea-cianurii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miningwatch.ro\/en\/mai-multi-europarlamentari-ii-cer-comisarului-de-mediu-interzicerea-cianurii\/","title":{"rendered":"MEPs letter urge EU ban on cyanide in mining"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>Several MEPs, led by Hungarian\u00a0MEP Gy\u00f6rgy H\u00d6LV\u00c9NYI (EPP) and Finnish MEP Sirpa PIETIK\u00c4INEN (EPP), have signed a letter to EU Environment Commissioner Karmenu VELLA calling for an EU-wide ban on cyanide technologies used in gold mining. While an European Parliament resolution on 5 May 2010 already called on the European Commission to propose a complete ban, former Environment Commissioner Janez POTO\u010cNIK \u201cdeclined\u201d to enforce the resolution.\u00a0MEPs from five of the EP\u2019s seven political groups\u2014EPP, S&amp;D, ALDE, GUE\/NGL and Greens\/EFA\u2014have signed the letter, signaling the importance of the issue.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/miningwatch.ro\/sitenou\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/signatures-letter-bancyanide.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1480\" src=\"https:\/\/miningwatch.ro\/sitenou\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/signatures-letter-bancyanide.jpg\" alt=\"signatures letter bancyanide\" width=\"684\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miningwatch.ro\/sitenou\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/signatures-letter-bancyanide.jpg 684w, https:\/\/miningwatch.ro\/sitenou\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/signatures-letter-bancyanide-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/miningwatch.ro\/sitenou\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/signatures-letter-bancyanide-660x926.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several MEPs, led by Hungarian\u00a0MEP Gy\u00f6rgy H\u00d6LV\u00c9NYI (EPP) and Finnish MEP Sirpa PIETIK\u00c4INEN (EPP), have signed a letter to EU Environment Commissioner Karmenu VELLA calling for an EU-wide ban on cyanide technologies used in gold mining. 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