As part of the Premier’s drive to promote mining, the BC government has introduced legislation (Bill 19) to remove permitting requirements
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- proposed changes to the law that will weaken, or strengthen, environmental protection;
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Today, November 7, 2011, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency) announced that Taseko Mine Lt
A Guest Post by Bonnie Docherty, Lecturer on Law and Senior Clinical Instructor, Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic
Several days spent at the end of September at UB
[Update October 19th, 2011 - We have received a letter from HDI regarding this post and our new post - Ooops, HDI is more of an Uncle to Taseko - provides more current information on this situation]
For almost twenty years Taseko Mines Ltd.
Late last week (Thursday, September 8th), the Canadian government, after working for almost a decade to develop a plan to manage BC’s North Coast, known as the Pacific North Coast Integrated Marine Area Plan (PNCIMA), suddenly announced that it is withdrawing from an agreemen
Industry and government are often quick to proclaim the jobs created by mines and other industrial operations, and to characterize environmental assessment and other environmental laws as
Recent revelations at the Cohen Commission that the Prime Minister’s Office muzzled Dr.