![]() ![]() Do tune in and hear the arguments, ask questions and participate. In an attempt to have a thorough discussion in which questions are actually answered and not brushed off, RJR/Gleaner has set up a Town Hall Meeting that will take place tomorrow evening, Monday December 21, at 9:00 p.m. ![]() The public process needs firm regulatory guidance to ensure it is fair, rigorous, free of bias and the public is given the time and room to make their contributions…This did not happen last evening.” We are proposing to lock ourselves into a form of development that is unsustainable – which the EIA itself concedes. As JET Founder and Chairperson Diana McCaulay noted, “there was scant attention paid to the costs” (some of these are outlined below by Professor Thomas-Hope).ĭiana McCaulay continued: “The decision to mine in the area designated as Special Mining Lease 173 – and other areas in Jamaica – is a decision fraught with consequences that will be with us for 25 – 30 years and an unknown time thereafter. In a press release on December 9, JET called on the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) “to reject the proceedings…due to the blatant pro-mining bias displayed by the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) consultants, Conrad Douglas and Associates.” JET pointed out that there were company representatives on the panel, who used every opportunity to shed a positive light on Noranda, while the environmental impacts – and the experiences of community members who tried to talk – were virtually ignored. Dornoch Head, Trelawny in the Cockpit Country – which is a critical source of water for most of the western side of the island. ![]()
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