(Vancouver, B.C.) — Two years after the B.C. Auditor General called for sweeping reforms to mine compliance, enforcement and reclamation bonding, the B.C. government is quietly soliciting comments on watered-down reclamation security policy recommendations with little outreach and a tight deadline of November 8. There are numerous deeply informed reports calling for clear changes, so […]
WASHINGTON D.C.— The Alaska Delegation recently joined together to urge the Secretary of State to discuss the risks posed by transboundary mining activity during upcoming bilateral meetings between the United States and Canada. Senators Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, Congressman Don Young, Governor Bill Walker, and Lieutenant Governor Byron Mallott sent a letter to Secretary of […]
CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA — Environmentalists are alarmed that President Donald Trump is following through on his campaign pledges to roll back Obama-era rules that tightened restrictions on greenhouse gases, promising the moves would lead to more American jobs and economic growth. At a recent rally in Charleston, West Virginia, under a “Trump Digs Coal” banner, the […]
A new study shows that as those fires scorched a region of boreal forest the size of Maryland, they released half as much carbon back into the atmosphere as all the plants, shrubs and trees in Canada typically store in an entire year. The Arctic is warming faster than any other region on Earth, and […]