http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/08/06/1319640/-Toxic-sludge-spilled-into-pristine-wilderness?detail=email
This is basically mountain top removal, a gold/silver/copper strip mine on top of what once was a mountain. It's a guaranteed danger to all the bodies of water below.33 aerial photographs of the disaster.
The word is that Imperial Metals gold mine has been repeatedly cited for violations and the BC Government has been warned of the dangers of a breach in the mud dam holding the toxic tailings. Serious concerns were raised in 2009. The photographs remind one of the devastation industry is causing in places like Nigeria. But this is Canada, where one would expect strict regulations. Those regulations built up over the last 30 years have been destroyed by the present Harper government. This government has closed water research stations, muzzled government scientists and scrapped our environmental regulations or altered them in favour of industry. We are seeing the results.
all about the Benjamins, those chasing the buck are oblivious to the threat they represent in that chase and most egregious the politicians that support and lie to sell the impending death and pollution are blinded by the color of the 100.00 bill. they are in that same zone with Keystone regardless to history of spills and pollution American politicians are right there with their thumbs up to the oil companies and a thumbs down to Americans at risk of their rush for the money. this is what republican are ignoring in favor of the dollar dollar bill yah
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/06/18/2167151/every-plant-and-tree-died-huge-alberta-pipeline-spill-raises-safety-questions-as-keystone-decision-looms/
The spill from Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley copper/gold mine in B.C.’s Cariboo region on Monday happened just weeks after the mining company asked provincial authorities for permission to increase the amount of treated waste water it could release from the tailings pond. Ministry officials said in a statement on Tuesday they were considering the request when the breach occurred.
[The] mine disposed of substances including arsenic (406,122 kg in 2013), lead (177,041 kg) and mercury (3,114 kg) [in 2013 according to government inventory.]
“If they had started discharging the water and treating it some time ago, then it would take the pressures off the dam. … Clearly, a buildup of water is not a good thing.”
still support oil we'll never see?
