Wait and see as time winds down on Northern Pulp deadline
Wilson has three options: to reject the proposal, to ask for more information, or to approve it.
Proposed Eastern Shore mine could bring benefits and harms, report says | CBC News
But there’s one major exception to that relatively rosy picture.
The report calls the proposed mine a “potential threat” that could have a major negative impact on the area’s tourism and recreation sector due to possible light, dust and noise pollution, traffic and contaminant release into waterways.
“The mere existence of an open-pit mine operating in the area could act as a disincentive for tourists and potential seasonal residents,” the report noted.
B.C. First Nations should require full clean-up costs up-front for mines: new study | The Narwhal
Instead,
pledges or guarantees based on the value of minerals are often accepted
when the provincial Chief Inspector of Mines decides on the form of
financial assurance.
That leaves B.C. taxpayers on the hook, with Auditor General Carol Bellringer estimating in her 2016 report
that there is a $1.43 billion gap between the total cleanup liability
of $2.79 billion and $1.36 billion held in financial assurance. Another
report by the watchdog group MiningWatch Canada estimated the figure to
be closer to $3 billion.
The expense of cleaning up mining messes, such as acid mine drainage, can be staggering.
Scientists sound alarm over Alberta’s new approach to tracking oilsands pollution | CBC News
Bill
Donahue says he fears the quality and depth of environmental monitoring
in the province will continue to decline, imperilling the public’s
understanding of potentially harmful pollutants produced by the oilsands
and related industries.
Last week, staff at Alberta Environment and Parks were informed
that the Environmental Monitoring and Science Division (EMSD), which
Donahue once helped lead, was being dissolved and rolled into a new
structure. A stand-alone climate change office will also disappear.
A message from Chief Andrea Paul: The forever argument of economy and jobs – Nova Scotia Advocate
There has been 52 years of broken promises, decisions made without consultation, and throwing hush money on the table.
There was much opportunity for the Mill to do better and invest in
cleaner and more environmentally sound technology – from the information
shared by Unifor they definitely had the money to do so.
But the Mill didn’t want to invest in doing better. They never had
to. They got away with their argument of jobs, economy and corporate
bullying.