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Alaskan Tourism Operators at Mercy of Canadian Mining Regulations
Smooth lumps of translucent blue ice float alongside rock-encrusted icebergs that have broken from Shakes Glacier before drifting into the Stikine River.There is little trace of the heavy hand of human...
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Living Downstream of B.C.’s Gold Rush: Alaska’s Fishermen Fear End of ‘Last...
No fish in the car, warned the rental car attendant at Juneau airport, with the weary tone of someone who had cleaned too many fish guts out of returned vehicles. It was a warning underlined by signs...
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B.C. Minister Bennett’s Visit Fails to Ease Alaskans’ Mining Concerns
Promises of a closer relationship between B.C. and Alaska and more consultation on B.C. mine applications are a good start, but, so far, Southeast Alaska has no more guarantees that those mines will...
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Trust, Social Licence and Spin: A Tale of Two Countries
When B.C. Energy and Mines Minister Bill Bennett visited Southeast Alaska this summer, his aim was to calm critics of the province’s aggressive push to build at least 10 mines in northwest British...
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Alaskans and British Columbians Want More Environmental Protection from...
British Columbians share the concerns of Alaskans about risks to the environment from mining operations and most want to see tougher mining laws and regulations in B.C., according to two polls released...
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New B.C. $5.4 Billion Gold and Copper Mine Will Improve Water Quality in...
Water quality in a tributary of one of Southeast Alaska’s prime salmon rivers will improve once a new mine opens on the B.C. side of the border according to spokesmen for Seabridge Gold Inc, the...
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Cross-Border Agreement Disappoints Alaskan Fishing and Environmental Groups...
B.C. and Alaska signed a pact Wednesday designed to give Alaskans more say on Canadian mine approvals in transboundary watersheds through a high-level joint working group.The agreement follows an...
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No Fines, No Charges Laid for Mount Polley Mine Disaster
No charges will be laid against the Mount Polley Mine Corporation, owned by Imperial Metals, for the collapse of a tailings impoundment on August 4, 2014, that sent an estimated 24 million cubic metres...
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Top Five Climate and Environment Issues for Obama-Trudeau Bilateral Summit
The strained relationship between Canada and the U.S. over the last decade was in no small part due to disagreement over the fate of the Keystone XL pipeline. Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper was...
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B.C. Ignores Best Practices, Allows Mount Polley-style Tailings Dams on...
New mines proposed for north-west B.C., close to the Alaska border, will have tailings dams similar to the one that collapsed at Mount Polley, despite recommendations of an expert panel that companies...
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Republican Senators from Alaska Ask John Kerry to Help Protect Rivers, Salmon...
High-level international action is needed to ensure that southeast Alaskan rivers and fisheries are protected from B.C. mines along the B.C./Alaska border, say Alaska’s federal representatives.Concerns...
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B.C. Taxpayers On The Hook for Underfunded Mine Disaster and Reclamation Costs
Taxpayers are being put at serious financial risk by gaping holes in B.C.’s mining regulations that allow companies to underfund mine remediation or disaster costs, says a new report by economist Robyn...
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Cost of Abandoned, Contaminated Mine Sites in B.C. $508 Million, Up 83 Per...
Costs associated with the closure and reclamation of 84 abandoned industrial sites, mostly from mining, in B.C. have increased to $508 million, according to new information released from the Crown...
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Alaskans Find Flaw in B.C. Study Showing Acid Drainage from Abandoned Mine...
Acid mine drainage from the Tulsequah Chief mine in northwest B.C. has worried and infuriated Southeast Alaskans for almost six decades and concerns have again peaked with a new analysis that claims a...
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Owner of Acid-leaking Tulsequah Chief Mine Goes into Receivership
Cleanup of the troubled Tulsequah Chief mine in northwest B.C., which has leaked acidic water into nearby streams and rivers for more than six decades, is again in limbo following an announcement by...
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