Community “Abandoned by Government” Steps up Resistance to Lithium Mining
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Blockio gathers about 30 popular. Opponents speak of the need to "climb the resistance" in the face of the lack of answers and accuse the "inflexibility of the government to listen" to their demands.
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Correio da ManhãThe president of the Association Unidos em Defensa de Covas do Barroso (UDCB), Nelson Gomes, told the agency Lusa that the blockade aims to interrupt the work in one of the areas of administrative servitude and admits that it is a necessity to scale up the resistance to the lack of answers and the inflexibility of the government to listen to the demands of the population.
In May, the Ministry of the Environment authorized the concessionaire to access community and private land for geotechnical work. Habitats criticize government inflexibility.
Community “abandoned by government” steps up resistance to lithium mining
The group of villagers fighting a lithium project tooth-and-nail in northern Portugal has mounted a blockade today, to stop British company Savannah Resources carrying out work on ‘common land’ – The post Community “abandoned by government” steps up resistance to lithium mining appeared first on Portugal Resident.
"The blockade aims at the total interruption of the work in one of the areas of administrative servitude and results from a Community decision on the need to scale up the resistance to the project of the Mine in Barroso," the association states in press release.
Boticas The content Opposers block works in Trás-os-Montes mine appears first in MINHO.
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