“The government has just made it
harder for Canada to get on the right pathway to reach our target of
becoming net-neutral by 2050,” Julia Levin, climate and energy program
manager at Toronto-based Environmental Defence, said
in a release. “It is inconsistent to commit to a green recovery and
serious climate action while simultaneously failing to put in place a
mechanism to ensure that only projects that are consistent with those
goals are built.”
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‘This is not Canada’: inside the Tsilhqot’in Nation’s battle against Taseko Mines | The Narwhal
Taseko’s plans to build the New Prosperity mine to access a large copper and gold deposit has twice been rejected by the federal government, but — on Christy Clark’s last day in office — when Tsilhqot’in communities were on wildfire evacuation, the province granted an exploration permit to the company.
That permit, upheld by the courts, gives Taseko the go-ahead to build 76 kilometres of roads and trails, 122 geotechnical drill sites, 367 trench or pit tests, 20 kilometres of seismic lines and a 50-person work camp. It expires July 2020, but Taseko could apply for an extension.
The Tsilhqot’in Nation was caught in the crossfire as Clark left the NDP with a grenade, said Chief Joe Alphonse, Tsilhqot’in national government chairman.
Taseko cannot drill without impacting Indigenous rights, William said.
Tsilhqot’in roadblock halts Taseko mine work on land it considers sacred | CBC News
According to a release from the Tsilhqot’in Nation, Taseko
Mines Ltd. indicated it would begin using heavy equipment such as
logging and road-clearing equipment starting Tuesday.
Mines Ltd. indicated it would begin using heavy equipment such as
logging and road-clearing equipment starting Tuesday.
Taseko says
these preliminary activities are an attempt to prove the lakes will not
be harmed by the proposed open-pit copper and gold mine.
The mine
was approved by B.C. in 2010 but rejected twice by the federal
government on the grounds it would cause adverse environmental effects.
Canadian mining company liable for pollution flowing from Kootenays to U.S. | CBC News
The U.S.
Supreme Court will not hear Teck’s appeal of the case brought by the
Colville Confederated Tribes (CCT) in Washington State.
Supreme Court will not hear Teck’s appeal of the case brought by the
Colville Confederated Tribes (CCT) in Washington State.
The CCT
successfully argued Teck used the Columbia River in southeastern B.C. as
a “convenient disposal facility for its wastes.”
Toxic waste contamination leveraged in boardroom battle over small Canadian mining firm | CBC News
Some shareholders of Core Gold, a
Vancouver-based and Toronto-listed junior mining company, are adamantly
opposed to a takeover bid by Australian-listed Titan Minerals.
Vancouver-based and Toronto-listed junior mining company, are adamantly
opposed to a takeover bid by Australian-listed Titan Minerals.
Supporters
of the deal, including Core Gold’s board of directors, say the takeover
is crucial for bringing fresh capital into the cash-poor company so it
can start developing a series of potentially lucrative mineral
concessions in Ecuador.
As part of their effort to rebuff the
takeover, Core Gold’s former CEO and some shareholders have been
leveraging serious environmental violations reported by Peruvian
prosecutors at a facility Titan was leasing in Peru, including
improperly disposing of cyanide-laced tailings.