Lis Stannus remembers how serious the problem of acid rain was in Ontario when she lived on a farm near Lake Huron as a child. So when Rio Tinto Alcan informed Kitimat residents of its plans to increase sulphur dioxide pollution — a key contributor to acid rain —she couldn’t understand why no one fought back.
“Nobody was speaking out,” Stannus said, “and I found it amazing that those people who should have been speaking out weren’t.”
Rio Tinto Alcan received a permit from the B.C. government in 2013 that allowed the company to increase production of aluminum at (Read more…)