Tar Sands

Court Victory Forces Canada to Report Pollution Data for Mines
Friday, April 24, 2009

[Joint news release] Great Lakes United, MiningWatch Canada and Ecojustice are hailing a landmark decision from the Federal Court of Canada released late yesterday that will force the federal government to stop withholding data on one of Canada’s largest sources of pollution – millions of tonnes of toxic mine tailings and waste rock from mining operations throughout the country.

Canada, Tar Sands, Toxics/National Pollutant Release Inventory
Canada’s Toxic Mine Tailings Secret Goes to Court: Information on toxic pollution from mines being hidden from public
Saturday, January 17, 2009

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Tar Sands, Toxics/National Pollutant Release Inventory
State of Mine: The Dominion Newspaper's Special Issue on Mining
Monday, November 17, 2008

The Dominion Newspaper is a cooperative, independent, grass roots publication. A special edition, State of Mine: An Investigation of Canada's Extractive Industries was published in November 2008 and is available online at: www.dominionpaper.ca/issue/55. The online edition features 37 articles on mining issues in Canada and internationally, including articles by MiningWatch Canada's Ramsey Hart and former National Coordinator Joan Kuyek.

Argentina, Asbestos in Québec, Congo - Democratic Republic, Labrador, Udon Thani - Asia Pacific Resources, British Columbia, Nevada, Newfoundland & Labrador, Coal, New Caledonia, Tanzania, Ecuador, Papua New Guinea, El Salvador, Ontario, Guatemala, Economics & Taxation, Mexico, Suriname, Impact on Communities, Tar Sands, Uranium, World Bank/International Financial Institutions
Lawsuit exposes Canada’s toxic tailings secret: Groups say feds flouting law, hiding mining pollution from public
Wednesday, November 7, 2007

[Joint news release] Litigation was launched today against Canada’s Minister of Environment to ensure that the hundreds of millions of kilograms of toxic mining waste being kept secret from the Canadian public are reported.

Canada, Tar Sands, Toxics/National Pollutant Release Inventory
National Pollutant Release Inventory Drops Exemption for Mining
Saturday, April 8, 2006

On February 25, 2006, the Canada Gazette published a “Notice with Respect to Substances in the National Pollutant Release Inventory for 2006”. In “General Criteria”, Section 3(1)(h), the mining exemption now only applies to “pits and quarries”.

Barrick Gold, Newsletter 21: Winter 2005-2006, Tar Sands, Toxics/National Pollutant Release Inventory
Pembina Institute publishes report on the untold story of Alberta's oil sands
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
The Pembina Institute today released Oil Sands Fever: The Environmental Implications of Canada's Oil Sands Rush. According to the report's main author, Dan Woynillowicz, "The story of Canada's rapid development of the oil sands has only been partially told. What's been missing from all the discussion and reporting is ...
Alberta, Tar Sands
Mine Wastes Still Not Toxic – According to the Federal Government
Friday, August 12, 2005

Most of the pollutants caused by extractive phase mining are exempt from the National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI).

The exemption for mining is for activities related to the actual removal of ore, rock or overburden, up to and including primary crushing. Releases and transfers of NPRI substances produced in the processing of rock ore, such as milling, concentrating, smelting and refining, are reportable.

Newsletter 16: Spring/Summer 2004, Tar Sands, Toxics/National Pollutant Release Inventory

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