Comments on: Rio Tinto Copper's CEO Bret Clayton Sneaks through Town http://www.savethewildup.org/blog/519/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:54:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: David Richarde http://www.savethewildup.org/blog/519/#comment-5213 David Richarde Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:01:36 +0000 http://www.savethewildup.org/blog/?p=519#comment-5213 IN an almost universal acceptance of George Orwell's "1984" concept of doublespeak, the people will be mesmerized by words like...'community, we are your friends"...and then let you have it, as in the movie, "Mars Attacks". Watch as they use words like "peaceful" "friendly" "open"...and then slam the door on anything that stands in their way. The DEQ, DNR...the entire body of people who will allow Kennecott to doublespeak our environment into ruin should be taken out of office. War is Peace, Peace is War, is just around the corner. IN an almost universal acceptance of George Orwell's "1984" concept of doublespeak, the people will be mesmerized by words like…'community, we are your friends"…and then let you have it, as in the movie, "Mars Attacks". Watch as they use words like "peaceful" "friendly" "open"…and then slam the door on anything that stands in their way. The DEQ, DNR…the entire body of people who will allow Kennecott to doublespeak our environment into ruin should be taken out of office. War is Peace, Peace is War, is just around the corner.

]]> By: m thompson http://www.savethewildup.org/blog/519/#comment-5212 m thompson Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:55:48 +0000 http://www.savethewildup.org/blog/?p=519#comment-5212 It doesn't say he's the chief executive of Rio Tinto? The heading is ""Rio Tinto's CEO Brett Clayton Sneaks through Town" Pretty clear that Mr. Williams is correct. I would also like to comment that I don't believe that LSCP is a handpicked group. Membership is open to anyone and looking through the 33 page list I see many opposed to the mine. I personally don't blame Mr. Clayton for not meeting with groups who are either suing to stop his company from mining or whose director has publicly criticized his company for of all things, contributing to local charities amongst others. It doesn't say he's the chief executive of Rio Tinto? The heading is ""Rio Tinto's CEO Brett Clayton Sneaks through Town" Pretty clear that Mr. Williams is correct.
I would also like to comment that I don't believe that LSCP is a handpicked group. Membership is open to anyone and looking through the 33 page list I see many opposed to the mine. I personally don't blame Mr. Clayton for not meeting with groups who are either suing to stop his company from mining or whose director has publicly criticized his company for of all things, contributing to local charities amongst others.

]]> By: Teresa Bertossi http://www.savethewildup.org/blog/519/#comment-5208 Teresa Bertossi Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:30:30 +0000 http://www.savethewildup.org/blog/?p=519#comment-5208 The article does not say Bret Clayton is the Chief Executive of Rio Tinto. It just says "Chief Executive Bret Clayton". We do understand that he is the Chief Executive of Rio Tinto Copper, London. At Save The Wild UP we are very careful to inform ourselves and the public as to the science of metallic sulfide mining as well as the "poor" business practices, environmental degradation, and human rights violations of most multinational mining corporations, especially Rio Tinto. Thank you for your comment and we will certainly change the article, so it is more clear that the Chief executive of Rio Tinto Copper, London, snuck through town without speaking to concerned community members. The article does not say Bret Clayton is the Chief Executive of Rio Tinto. It just says "Chief Executive Bret Clayton". We do understand that he is the Chief Executive of Rio Tinto Copper, London.

At Save The Wild UP we are very careful to inform ourselves and the public as to the science of metallic sulfide mining as well as the "poor" business practices, environmental degradation, and human rights violations of most multinational mining corporations, especially Rio Tinto.

Thank you for your comment and we will certainly change the article, so it is more clear that the Chief executive of Rio Tinto Copper, London, snuck through town without speaking to concerned community members.

]]> By: T. Williams http://www.savethewildup.org/blog/519/#comment-5206 T. Williams Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:57:29 +0000 http://www.savethewildup.org/blog/?p=519#comment-5206 The absolute refusal of the opposition to truly inform itself about the business and science of mining is mind numbing to me. If you would so much as fire up the Rio Tinto website you would see that Brett Clayton is not the CEO of Rio Tinto. That role belongs to Tom Albanese. That being said Brett Clayton did meet with the president of MTU to encourage him to consider revitalizing the Mining Engineering program there. Which would help provide the training and expertise for the State of Michigan to make informed decisions about the mining process. The absolute refusal of the opposition to truly inform itself about the business and science of mining is mind numbing to me. If you would so much as fire up the Rio Tinto website you would see that Brett Clayton is not the CEO of Rio Tinto. That role belongs to Tom Albanese.

That being said Brett Clayton did meet with the president of MTU to encourage him to consider revitalizing the Mining Engineering program there. Which would help provide the training and expertise for the State of Michigan to make informed decisions about the mining process.

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