the sorry story of mining
The meeting mediated by the State Minister of Tourism and Environment between SEPA and the former management of Mamut Copper Mine in Ranau recently, fell short by a million years. There should be an immediate moratorium on all mining activities until all problems relating to environmental damage are addressed properly. As long as there are alternatives to developing Ranau, any choice that results in environmental damage, and exposing people to risks to their health should not be considered, ever.
Some of the problems we create outlive us and the ultimate tragedy will be when the damage to generations of the gentle natives become their social identifier.
Many clever questions were asked. Many clever answers were given. But what is the point of being just clever. The silence of one million years can never erase one wrong step.
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