El Salvador bans metal mining in world first
Have they lost the plot? Has HN lost the plot in the comments supporting this.<p>Why not just ban science?<p>We need metals to live and prosper.<p>If it was really that minimal as per 'NGO' advise then the pollution would be minimal.<p>Why not just make companies pay fines if they polute? The government obviously doesn't kowtow  to them?<p>Perhaps if their people weren't so poor you could excuse banning things like gold and diamond. But this (as the article tells it, I doubt it's close to the full story) is like going back to the middle ages.