Friday, January 4, 2013

Canadian Mining is Bad News for Humans, Animals and World



Teck Trail Smelter Superfund decision blow for Canadian/U.S. mining companies

A federal judge has ruled that U.S. Superfund law makes Canadian miner Teck Resources liable for cleaning up smelter slag contamination of the Upper Columbia River in Washington State.
Author: Dorothy Kosich
Posted: Monday , 17 Dec 2012

RENO (MINEWEB) - A decision last week by a U.S. federal district court judge ruling that Canadian mining company Teck Resources is subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Superfund law regarding the cleanup of the upper Columbia River in Washington State may set a legal precedent for pollution generated by Canadian mining operations, which eventually pollute U.S. waters.
In a decision announced late Friday, U.S. District Judge Lonny R. Suko issued a declaratory judgment that Teck Metals is liable under CERCLA (commonly known as the “Superfund Law”) for the costs (to be determined by a subsequent hearing scheduled later this year) for natural resource damages and costs associated with cleaning up the Upper Columbia River in and around Lake Roosevelt.

http://www.minewebaustralia.com/mineweb/content/en/mineweb-sustainable-mining?oid=167030&sn=Detail

Canadian Smelter Found Liable for U.S. Pollution
By Courtney Flatt
A federal judge Friday found a Canadian smelter responsible for the millions of tons of pollutants it dumped into the Columbia River. Reporting for EarthFix, Courtney Flatt has more.
For nearly 100 years, smelter Teck Metals dumped pollutants into the Columbia River, less than 10 miles upstream from the U.S.-Canada border.
Over the years, close to 10 million tons of waste poured into the river. The waste, also called slag and slurry, contained mercury and other toxics.
The Colville Confederated Tribes and the state of Washington sued the mining company. A U.S. District Court judge has found that Teck Metals is liable for the pollution.
Canada objected. Its lawyers said the lawsuit infringed on Canadian sovereignty.
A second trial phase will decide how much the company has to pay for its history of pollution.
http://www.nwpr.org/post/canadian-smelter-found-liable-us-pollution-0
 
A mining rush in Canada’s backcountry threatens Alaska salmon
 
News - From the December 24, 2012 issueby Christopher Pollon
Last summer, John Grace, one of the world's elite kayakers, traveled more than 3,000 miles from his North Carolina home into the wild northwest corner of British Columbia, to explore the Iskut River. It's the biggest tributary of the Stikine River, which flows all the way to the Alaska panhandle coast, and together they're the kind of big, untamed salmon-rich river system no longer found in the American West. On a sunny August day, deep in the backcountry, Grace and a few friends paddled toward the jaws of Iskut Canyon, hoping to reach a four-mile stretch of surging whitewater that no human had conquered before. As they neared the canyon, the haunting silence of the rainforest closed in around them. Suddenly they found themselves in the midst of a vast construction camp. Workers were boring a tunnel into the mountain, part of a hydropower project to harness the great
http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.22/a-mining-rush-in-canadas-backcountry-threatens-alaska-salmon?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email
 

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Issues Facing Canada's Mining Industry

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Conflicts surrounding Canadian mines 'a serious problem'

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Dec 18, 2012 – Conflicts surrounding Canadian mines ‘a serious problem’ .... In the McEwan case, two local environmental groups filed a
 

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