Green Options » towards sustainable mining http://greenoptions.com/tag/towards-sustainable-mining Posts tagged 'towards sustainable mining' Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:35:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Mining Association of Canada Hires Former Environmental Activist http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/11/19/mining-association-of-canada-hires-former-environmental-activist/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/11/19/mining-association-of-canada-hires-former-environmental-activist/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:35:05 +0000 Amiel Blajchman http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/11/19/mining-association-of-canada-hires-former-environmental-activist/ oil shale miningAccording to a recent report, the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has just hired Julie Gelfand, formerly the president of Nature Canada, as MAC’s Vice President for Sustainable Development.


While Nature Canada and the Mining Association of Canada have worked together in the past (usually on industry-NGO-government panels such as the Mining Sector Sustainability Tables initiative), suffice it to say that the two organizations are not known for finding themselves on the same side of the negotiating table usually.

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