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Originally Posted by Weitz
I think you all are blowing this out of proportion. The BC government isn't even calling it an environmental disaster.
"B.C. Mines Minister Bill Bennett says the Mount Polley tailings dam collapse is not an environmental disaster, equating it to the “thousands” of avalanches that happen annually in B.C."
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Mou...949/story.html
As always its media fear mongering when it comes to environmental debate. |
The mines minister is definitely an impartial voice.
Jeez hard to argue with someone comparing snow (water) to tailings sludge.
FYI, Fear mongering quote in that very same article:
John Werring, senior science adviser with the David Suzuki Foundation, said he believed the dam collapse was an “environmental disaster” for the Hazeltine creek area, as the entire rich vegetation zone along its banks had been wiped out and along with it, the mammals, birds, amphibians and fish.