Mining
Sir,—J. M. MacPherson (September 21) finds the defamation of conservationists “quite funny.” Lest he be in any doubt, he and I both oppose beach-cottage blight and much unwise forestry and farming development. Such activities, though, are at least subject to the Town and Country Planning Act and hardly produce the problems of spoil, flooding, poisons and disruption caused by mining. A subsidiary of Conzinc Riotinto has recently applied to prospect (using earthmoving equipment and building access roads) in the north-west of Nelson Forest Park. Conzinc Riotinto is a multi-national whose activities overseas are well documented. > J. M. MacPherson simply dismisses these “overseas horror stories” as “the Big Lie.” Why should such a company behave differently here, unless forced to? At present mining has a privileged status, exempt from many planning laws. Mining must be regulated by the same laws that govern other land uses. Is this unreasonable? — Yours, etc • ” D. J. ROUND. September 22, 1987.
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