Secwepemc Woman’s Warrior Society leads a strong movement against the re-opening of Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley mines following catastrophic 2014 spill. The post First Nation group and allies resist re-opening of Mount Polley mine appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
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Cowichan Conversations: More Misinformation Than Facts on Mount Polley Disaster
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Kevin Logan accompanied Alexandra Morton on a trip to the disaster area shortly after the tailing pond disaster hit. Mystery Film on Quesnel Lake! They were the first to really bring us any pertinent information on what happened and what the impacts were from possibly the worst
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: A YouTube video shows a blue film floating on Quesnel Lake. Area residents are concerned.
Richard HughesWho do you believe? The BC Liberal Goverment is without doubt fully responsible for the disastrous spill from the Mount Polley mine tailing pond. This is in part due to the lack of regulatory enforcement and drastic staff reductions since 2001. It seems that most of their energy has been
Continue readingPolitical Eh-conomy: Mount Polley: Questioning business as usual
There are many frames that can be used to try to understand the disaster that unravelled last week at the Mount Polley mine in central British Columbia when a dam holding in a tailings pond burst and spilled millions of litres of toxic sludge into creeks and lakes. My aim
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Government allowed massive production, toxin increase at Mount Polley Mine before tailings pond disaster
This man made catastrophe is the result of Mine owners Imperial Metals greed, and unbelievable disregard for the environment, wildlife and people of BC. The blame is to be shared with the Christy Clark government and Minister of Energy & Mines Bill Bennett whose callous disregard for regulatory protection contributed to
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