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Taseko Lawsuit Won’t Stop Opposition to “New” Prosperity Mine Project
Tuesday, March 6, 2012

News release: (Ottawa) MiningWatch Canada regrets that Taseko Mines Ltd. has initiated a lawsuit against the Western Canada Wilderness Committee for allegedly making defamatory and inaccurate comments on Taseko’s  proposed “New Prosperity” project.

Metal Mining Effluent Regulations, Water, British Columbia, Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Environmental Planning, Environmental Assessment, Indigenous Rights, Taseko
Troubled Waters: How Mine Waste Dumping is Poisoning Our Oceans, Rivers and Lakes
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Each year, mining companies dump more than 180 million tonnes of hazardous mine waste into rivers, lakes, and oceans worldwide, threatening vital bodies of water with toxic heavy metals and other chemicals poisonous to humans and wildlife, according to report released today by two leading mining reform groups.

Canada, Metal Mining Effluent Regulations, Water, British Columbia, Ok Tedi Mine - BHP-Billiton/Inmet, Manitoba, Porgera Mine - Barrick, Indonesia, Newfoundland & Labrador, Waste Rock and Tailings, Northwest Territories, Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Papua New Guinea, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan, Environment, Barrick Gold, BHP-Billiton, Cliffs, Submarine/Subaqueous Tailings Disposal, Water and fisheries, Goldcorp, Iron Ore Company of Canada, Labrador Iron Mines, Newmont, Northern Dynasty, Placer Dome, Rio Tinto Alcan, Rio Tinto, Taseko, Teck, Vale (incl. Inco), Xstrata (Falconbridge/Noranda)
SOPAC Framework on Deep Seabed Mining Will Disenfranchise Pacific Peoples
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

News release: NGOs across the Pacific are criticising the Secretariat of the Pacific Community's (SOPAC) proposal for a legislative and regulatory framework for deep sea mineral exploration and mining.

Water, Papua New Guinea, Subsea mining, Nautilus Minerals
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, Subsea mining, Nautilus Minerals
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
AFN Chiefs join Tsilhqot’in in opposition to rebid Prosperity Mine project
Thursday, July 14, 2011

Tsilhqot'in National Government news release: (Moncton, N.B.) The Tsilhqot'in National Government today welcomed the unanimous decision by the Assembly of First Nations’ Chiefs-in-Assembly in Moncton to help the Nation defend its lands against a bid to revive one of the worst mining proposals in BC history.

Water, British Columbia, Indigenous Rights, Water and fisheries, Taseko
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
First Nations and Greens Urge Credit Suisse: No Funds for Taseko's Prosperity Mine
Monday, March 7, 2011

Joint news release with EARTHWORKS: First Nations and environmentalists are urging a major international financial institution to say "no" if Taseko Mines Ltd. seeks funding for its revised proposal for the open-pit Prosperity mine, which would threaten the traditional way of life of the Tsilhqot'in people and a celebrated trout lake high in the Chilcotin Mountains of British Columbia.

Metal Mining Effluent Regulations, Water, British Columbia, Corporate Accountability, Reforming Mining Laws and Policies, Environmental Planning, Environmental Assessment, Gold, Indigenous Rights, Submarine/Subaqueous Tailings Disposal, Water and fisheries, Taseko
Residents raise alarm over toxic mining outflows into northern Manitoba lake: Company and government actions questioned in toxic poisoning of Kississing Lake
Thursday, December 9, 2010

Western Canada Wilderness Committee news release: The Wilderness Committee is responding to the appalling news from Sherridon, Manitoba, where a government funded reclamation of an abandoned mine site continues to show that government and industry are not ready to deal with the long-term environmental damage resulting from mining.

Abandoned Mines, Water, Acid Mine Drainage, Manitoba, Water and fisheries, Sherritt Gordon
Sandy Pond Alliance Launches Legal Challenge
Monday, November 15, 2010

Sandy Pond - J. Jacobs photoA group of determined Newfoundlanders has set about to challenge the legal mechanism that makes it possible for federal authorities to re-classify pristine fish-bearing lakes, streams, and wetlands into mine waste dumps on request from mining companies. Once reclassified, the former natural water bodies no longer enjoy the protections of the Fisheries Act.

Water, Newfoundland & Labrador, Newsletter 29: Autumn 2010, Vale (incl. Inco)

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