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Alaskans Ring Alarm Bells Over Potential for More Mount Polley Disasters As B.C. Pushes Forward With New Mines

February 5, 2015

Alaskans Ring Alarm Bells Over Potential for More Mount Polley Disasters As B.C. Pushes Forward With New Mines Worried Alaskans who fear lucrative fisheries and tourism industries are at risk from lax B.C. oversight of mine safety are meeting with state officials next week to ask the U.S. State Department to push for more input on mine development along […]

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Mount Polley spill blamed on design of embankment

January 30, 2015

Mount Polley spill blamed on design of embankment Independent investigation finds foundation of earthen dam failed because of unstable underlying layers An independent investigation has determined the breach of the Mount Polley mine tailings dam in B.C. was caused by a failure to detect a weak layer in its foundation, likening the massive embankment to […]

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We Must Start Digging Our Way Out of Canada’s Mining Dilemma

January 15, 2015

We Must Start Digging Our Way Out of Canada’s Mining Dilemma It sometimes seems people in the mining and fossil fuel industries — along with their government promoters — don’t believe in the future. What else could explain the mad rush to extract and use up the Earth’s resources as quickly and wastefully as possible? […]

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Canada’s Mining Sector Braces For Challenging Year In 2015

December 28, 2014

Canada’s Mining Sector Braces For Challenging Year In 2015. MONTREAL – Canada’s mining sector is bracing for another challenging year in 2015 as slower growth in China is expected to continue to dampen selling prices for many metals. Iron ore suffered the biggest drop in the past year, losing nearly half its value to reach […]

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Canada aboriginals ready to challenge energy projects, new chief says | Canada | Reuters

December 12, 2014

Canada aboriginals ready to challenge energy projects, new chief says | Canada | Reuters. WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – Canada’s indigenous peoples will not hesitate to use courts, political channels and activism to halt pipelines, mines or other resource projects they oppose, the new head of the country’s main aboriginal group said on Thursday. Perry Bellegarde, who […]

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Few jobs despite booming Mozambique economy – Features – Al Jazeera English

December 4, 2014

Few jobs despite booming Mozambique economy – Features – Al Jazeera English. Maputo, Mozambique – Beto Magumane Cossa was orphaned at 14 when his father was killed by a woman with whom he was having an affair. Alone and with no other family living in Magude, a rural district 155km from the capital Maputo’s shopping malls and luxury […]

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Great Barrier Reef threatened by Queensland plan to let miners take billions of litres of groundwater, says Marine Park Authority – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

November 25, 2014

Great Barrier Reef threatened by Queensland plan to let miners take billions of litres of groundwater, says Marine Park Authority – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Queensland is set to enact water legislation that the body responsible for protecting the Great Barrier Reef has warned will pose environmental risks to the reef and coastal waterways. […]

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