http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/taxonomy/term/41756/0 en http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/miningwatch/2017/01/prosperity-mine-demonstrates-environmental-assessments-more-criti <div class="story-teaser story-teaser-blog"> <div class="body"> <p><em><a href="http://www.ecojustice.ca/" rel="nofollow">Ecojustice</a> and <a href="http://miningwatch.ca/" rel="nofollow">MiningWatch Canada</a> head to court this week to defend Fish Lake ("Teztan Biny" in Tsilhqot'in) from a risky mining project.</em></p> <p>Mining projects often put communities and the environment in great peril -- we only need to look to the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/jacinda-mack/mount-polley-mine-disaster-bc-leak_b_11318498.html" rel="nofollow">Mount Polley tailings spill</a> to see an example of the long-lasting devastation they can cause.</p> <p>That's why we'll be in court this week to help uphold a federal assessment that found the New Prosperity mine project in Tsilhqot'in territory in central B.C. would have serious ecological and cultural impacts.</p> <div class="read-more"></div> </div> </div><p><a href="http://rabble-6.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/miningwatch/2017/01/prosperity-mine-demonstrates-environmental-assessments-more-criti" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Tue, 31 Jan 2017 19:30:31 +0000 MiningWatch 127561 at http://rabble-6.rabble.ca