Water and fisheries

Schedule 2: Getting Around the Protection of Lakes and Rivers
Thursday, June 4, 2009

Because lakes and rivers are fish habitat, they are protected by the Fisheries Act. This Act is Canada’s oldest environmental legislation and prohibits the release of “deleterious substances” into fish-bearing waters and the alteration or destruction of fish habitat. However, in 2002, Schedule 2 was added to the Metal Mining Effluent Regulation.

Metal Mining Effluent Regulations, Water
Canada’s Valuable Fresh Water Is Not for Dumping Toxic Wastes - with Background
Friday, November 28, 2008

An emerging coalition of conservation, Aboriginal, and social justice organizations is calling on the federal government to immediately stop the practice of allowing mining companies to use Canada’s lakes as dumping grounds for toxic mine wastes.

Metal Mining Effluent Regulations, Water, Aur Resources, bcMetals, Imperial Metals, Teck, Terrane Metals
Report Details Unacceptable Impacts from Deep Sea Mining by Canada's Nautilus Minerals
Thursday, November 24, 2011

News Release: The Centre for Environmental Law and Community Rights in Papua New Guinea and MiningWatch Canada and have released a new report called "Out of Our Depth." It details serious environmental and social impacts expected as a result of unprecedented mining of the ocean floor. 

Water, Papua New Guinea, Water and fisheries
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
Tsilhqot’in Statement of Commitment to Protect the Land that Sustains Us and Our Future Generations
Thursday, November 3, 2011

Today marks the anniversary of the Federal Government’s decision rejecting the Prosperity Mine proposal and protecting the environment, waters, fish and fish habitat, grizzly and grizzly habitat and our constitutionally protected rights as First Peoples in our homelands.   Once again, we thank the Minister of Environment Jim Prentice and the Federal Government for protecting the public interest and for upholding the rights of First Nations under the Canadian Constitution. Unfortunately, this dire threat to our people, our lands and our way of life as Tsilhqot’in people continues to this day.

Metal Mining Effluent Regulations, British Columbia, Environmental Planning, Environmental Assessment, Indigenous Rights, Water and fisheries, Taseko
Ten Reasons Why Prosperity Mine Bid Will Fail
Thursday, November 3, 2011

Investors hoping to cash in on Taseko Mines Ltd’s second Prosperity Mine bid should think back a year. Despite assurances from the company and its president that it would proceed, the company’s original bid was soundly rejected by the federal government and share prices plunged. Once again, there is a proposal before the federal government’s Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) and the company’s president is saying he is confident it will be approved. And once again the federal government has no choice but to reject it. Here are 10 reasons why.

Metal Mining Effluent Regulations, British Columbia, Environmental Planning, Environmental Assessment, Indigenous Rights, Water and fisheries, Taseko
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
End the Costly and Pointless 'Prosperity' Mine Review Now, Tsilhqot'in Urge
Friday, August 26, 2011

News release: The Tsilhqot’in National Government today called on the Federal government to halt the continuous drain on everyone’s time and resources and to reject Taseko Mines Limited’s rebid for the 'Prosperity' copper-gold mine project.

Metal Mining Effluent Regulations, Water, British Columbia, Environmental Planning, Environmental Assessment, Indigenous Rights, Water and fisheries, Taseko
Elmtree Mine Proposal Raising Concerns
Tuesday, August 2, 2011

For a relatively small project, Castle Resources' proposed Elmtree gold mine is raising a lot of concerns amongst the citizens of north-eastern New Brunswick.

New Brunswick, Environmental Planning, Environmental Assessment, Free Entry/Land Access, Impact on Communities, Water and fisheries
No Social Licence and a Long List of Inadequacies, Yet Federal Review Panel Recommends Approval of Matoush Uranium Exploration Project
Thursday, July 28, 2011

News release: Despite acknowledging that project does not have a social licence to proceed and identifying a long list inadequacies in the environmental assessment, the panel makes a finding that the project is unlikely to have significant environmental effects and recommends approval of the project, albeit with a host of unenforceable conditions.

Canada, Environmental Planning, Québec, Environmental Assessment, Impact on Communities, Indigenous Rights, Uranium, Water and fisheries, Strateco

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