Exploring Theme: "Specific Industry Environmental Issues"

CBC – Northcliff has engaged with the province of New Brunswick to extend the deadlines under the provincial EIA (environmental impact assessment) and the process is ongoing,” the company said in a quarterly management update for investors filed last month. The project was to have begun construction within 5 years of receiving provincial approval....

Trans Canada pulls plug on Energy East...

Mining Watch Canada – A new study concludes that “the mining waste facility design is business-as-usual, using the same facility design and water cover approach used at the failed Mt. Polley Mine”. Using recent government data, the delegation estimates the total liability for contaminated mining sites across Canada to be well above 10.0 billion dollars,...

Indigenous Group: 122 First Nations in Canada and the US Business: Trans Canada Pipelines Issue: Proposed pipeline crosses 155 First Nations territories Comment: Energy East is a proposed 4,500-kilometre pipeline that would carry 1.1 million barrels of crude oil per day from Alberta and Saskatchewan to refineries in Eastern Canada and a marine terminal in...

Indigenous Group: Six Maliseet First Nations communities in NB Business: Sisson Mines Northcliff Resources (Canada) and Todd Minerals, NZ Issue: Protect the Nashwaak’s and St. John’s River watersheds from toxic mining spills Comment: The Conservation Council of New Brunswick identified three risks that Sisson Mine’s Environmental Impact Assessment did not address effectively (July 17, 2015):...