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		<title>Gold Futures: Video Segment 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david reisman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cyanide]]></category>
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The Rosia Montana gold mine has the potential for causing catastrophic environmental harm. In January 2000, heavy rains and snowfall flooded a holding pond of mining waste in the Romanian city of Baia Mare, spilling more than 20 million gallons of cyanide-laced sludge into the River Tisza.]]></description>
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		<title>Gold Futures: Video Segment 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david reisman</dc:creator>
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Gold Corporation began buying out homeowners in 2002, offering either cash or a home in a new community. While many people are taking advantage of the buyouts, others, like farmer Eugen David, are resisting.]]></description>
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		<title>Gold Futures: Video Segment 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david reisman</dc:creator>
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John Aston, vice president of the Rosia Montana Gold Corporation, describes the company's plans in a positive light. Remus Celusa, a resident of Rosia Montana, wonders why the corporation can't mine the gold "without destroying our mountain and everything we own."]]></description>
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		<title>Gold Futures: Video Segment 1</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/lessons/gold-futures/video-segment-1/4690/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david reisman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[eminent domain]]></category>
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Gabriel Resources, a Canadian based multinational, plans to build the largest gold mine in Europe. Its subsidiary -- Rosia Montana Gold Corporation -- was granted a 20-year exploration license, but first it would have to buy up hundreds of houses and displace almost an entire village.]]></description>
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		<title>Gold Futures: Rosia Montana and the Gold Mine</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/lessons/gold-futures/rosia-montana-and-the-gold-mine/4320/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david reisman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Craig S. Smith
Download a PDF of the essay here.



Journalists are supposed to be impartial, but they rarely really are.

We gather information and then decide which bits to present to our audience and in what order to present them. It's by definition a manipulative process.

That said, the serious journalist strives for balance and tries to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gold Futures: Vocabulary and Resources</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/lessons/gold-futures/vocabulary-and-resources/4550/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david reisman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Download the PDF here.


Vocabulary
cyanide: a poisonous chemical that can be used to extract silver and gold from ore

eminent domain: the right of the government to take private property for public use

environmental issues: concerns about the impact of industry, technology and other human activity on the natural world

multinational companies: corporations that have divisions in more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gold Futures: Themes and Video Segments</title>
		<link>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/lessons/gold-futures/themes-and-video-segments/4321/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>david reisman</dc:creator>
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Themes
LEGAL ISSUES AND PUBLIC POLICY:  Gabriel Resources' plans for the mine in Rosia Montana raise questions of eminent domain, the responsibilities of international corporations to local communities, the government's role in protecting the environment, and the preservation of cultural heritage vs. the exploitation of natural resources.

GLOBAL ISSUES: Foreign corporations like Gabriel Resources provide economic opportunities [...]]]></description>
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