A major mining boom is underway in Keno, as in other parts of the Yukon, driven by high mineral prices. But a boom that’s good for exploration and mining companies can have an underside for communities. The pace of development surrounding Keno is creating conditions that one resident says is like “being trapped in a living hell.” The noise, dust, huge trucks rumbling through town and concerns over exposure to toxic by-products paint a not-so quaint picture of a contemporary mining town.
ACTION ALERT: Budget Omnibus Bill C-38 Will Shred Canada’s Environmental Assessment Law (Among Many Other Things)
Thursday, June 07, 2012
The Harper Government is trying to gut the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act.
Tell the Conservatives that Canada’s environment matters – and environmental laws matter.
Tell Prime Minister Harper, Environment Minister Kent, and Natural Resources Minister Oliver we won’t accept shoddy “streamlined” public reviews and destructive megaprojects – even if they change the law to allow them to proceed.
The Harper Government has introduced an Omnibus
Budget Implementation Bill, C-38, which will actually repeal the
Canadian Environmental Assessment Act and replace it with a crude hand-drawn facsimile of a real federal environmental assessment process.
Click here:
http://www.miningwatch.ca/get-involved/action-alert-budget-omnibus-bill-c-38-will-shred-canada-s-environmental-assessment-law
