International
Mount Polley mine spill: an accident waiting to happen?
A enormous tailings pond containing waste from a nearby gold and copper mine collapsed last month in British Columbia (B.C.), releasing billions of litres of wastewater and toxic sludge into nearby lakes and streams. A local state of emergency was called following the incident, and a temporary ban put on using water from the area. But was this just an unfortunate accident, or the inevitable result of Canada’s increasingly lax and mining-friendly environmental regulation?
By
Jocelyn Timperley
