Environment

Impact of Mining on the Environment
Thursday, June 4, 2009

Mining has a substantial impact on the environment, although different kinds of mining affect the environment in different ways.

Environment
Inmet Ignoring Court Decision Over Panama Project
Friday, January 6, 2012

While Toronto-based Inmet is widely distributing news of the approval of its ESIA by Panamanian environmental authorities in order to pave the way for further investment in the project, the company is ignoring a decision made one day earlier by the country's Supreme Court of Justice to maintain the protected status of the area.

Corporate Accountability, Environment, Panama, Inmet
Conservative Free Trade Agenda Low On Jobs, Environmental Protection
Tuesday, November 15, 2011

News Release: Free trade agreements with Panama and Jordan, legislation for which was announced today by International Trade Minister Ed Fast, will have little effect on jobs or the economy while putting Panamanian workers, Indigenous peoples and enviromental protections at risk, say the Council of Canadians and MiningWatch Canada.

Corporate Accountability, Environment, Panama, International Trade and Investment, Inmet, Petaquilla Minerals
Scientists Warn B.C. Mining Rush Would Harm Alaska and B.C. Salmon, Clean Water
Tuesday, November 15, 2011

In a letter to British Columbia Premier Christy Clark today, 36 scientists asked for her leadership to balance impending industrial development in northwest B.C. with the outstanding fish, wildlife and ecological values of this largely pristine region. Of particular concern are the impacts to clean water and salmon runs in B.C. and southeast Alaska. Spurred by BC Hydro’s Northwest Transmission Line (NTL), which has received environmental approvals, the rush is on to build mines, river-diversion hydroelectric dams and coal-bed methane energy projects that could radically transform the region.

British Columbia, Environmental Planning, Environment, Environmental Assessment, Gold, Impact on Communities, Water and fisheries, Imperial Metals
Attempt to Revive Proposed Prosperity Mine Must End Now
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

The Tsilhqot’in Nation, supported by BC and national chiefs, today called on the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) and the federal government to reject the re-bid Prosperity mine project without further waste of time and tax dollars.

Canada, Metal Mining Effluent Regulations, British Columbia, Environmental Planning, Environment, Environmental Assessment, Gold, Impact on Communities, Indigenous Rights, Submarine/Subaqueous Tailings Disposal, Water and fisheries, Taseko
Federal Government Cuts Off Environment Network, Indicates Disturbing Shift Away from Canadians’ Priorities
Friday, October 14, 2011

MiningWatch Canada learned today that Environment Canada has reneged on a May 2011 commitment to provide funding to the Canadian Environment Network (RCEN). A press release from the RCEN states that due to this decision it “was forced to lay off its staff and is on the verge of closing its doors and those of its 11 regional offices.”

Canada, Environmental Planning, Environment
Panamanian Group Says CSR Award for Toronto-based Inmet Hinders Best Practices
Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Letter to the Editor: This week in a letter to the editor of Corporate Knights magazine, the Executive Director of the Panama's Environmental Advocacy Centre says that Toronto-based Inmet is using its inclusion on Corporate Knight's 2011 list of "Canada's Best 50 Corporate Citizens" as part of "a misleading public relations campaign." Although the award was purportedly designed to encourage Corporate Social Responsibility, he says that in this case, "[listing Inmet] has served to hinder best practices rather than promote them."

Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environment, Panama, Indigenous Rights, Inmet
The Theory and Practice of Perpetual Care of Contaminated Sites
Tuesday, October 4, 2011

The Theory and Practice of Perpetual Care of Contaminated SitesIn fall 2010, Alternatives North hired Dr. Joan Kuyek to do a study. Giant Mine in Yellowknife has 237,000 tonnes of arsenic trioxide to take care of. There is a plan to freeze this arsenic, so it can’t leak out and hurt the people and the land. For the Environmental Assessment of this plan, Alternatives North asked for a study of how contaminants are managed in other places.

Abandoned Mines, Canada, Arsenic, Northwest Territories, Environment, Gold, Impact on Communities, Publications, Toxics/National Pollutant Release Inventory, Xstrata (Falconbridge/Noranda)
Comunidades Afectadades de las Américas Exige a la Industria Minera Canadiense Respetar sus Derechos
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Comunicado de prensa: Defensores de los derechos humanos de América Latina están presentes en Vancouver para dar evidenciar los impactos devastadores que la minería canadiense tiene sobre sus vidas, sus hogares y sus territorios.

Water, Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Guatemala, Honduras, Environment, Mexico, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, First Majestic Silver, Glamis Gold, Goldcorp
Affected Communities from the Americas Demand that Canadian Mining Industry Respect Their Rights
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

News release: Latin American human rights advocates are in Vancouver to testify about the devastating impacts that Canadian-owned mines are having on their lives, homes and territories.

Water, Corporate Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Guatemala, Honduras, Environment, Mexico, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, First Majestic Silver, Glamis Gold, Goldcorp

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