Lakes across Canada face being turned into mine dump sites

[Cliffy]

Under the Fisheries Act, it's illegal to put harmful substances into fish-bearing waters. But, under a little-known subsection known as Schedule Two of the mining effluent regulations, federal bureaucrats can redefine lakes as "tailings impoundment areas."
That means mining companies don't need to build containment ponds for toxic mine tailings.
CBC News visited two examples of Schedule Two lakes. In Newfoundland and Labrador, the Vale Inco company wants to use a prime destination for fishermen known as Sandy Pond to hold tailings from a nickel processing plant.


Last fall, a Federal Court judge ruled that federal bureaucrats acted illegally in trying to fast-track the Red Chris copper and gold mine without a full and public environmental review.
The decision put the project on hold, but late last week, the Federal Appeals Court reversed the decision, paving the way for federal officials to declare lakes to be dumps without public consultation.


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[taxslave]

And the problem is???

 

[Cliffy]

And the problem is???

You.

 

[petros]

You don't use any copper or nickel? How did you get online without it?

 

[MHz]

Considering what Japan is dumping into the ocean that seems like small potatoes really.

 

[Walter]

The OP is a pile of Scheisse.

 

[Cliffy]

The OP is a pile of Scheisse.

I know you have a problem with reality Wally, but what about the facts presented do you think is a pile?

 

[Zipperfish]

You don't use any copper or nickel? How did you get online without it?

That reminds me of a story that is long and boring. Like the time I caught the ferry over to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe, so, I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. Give me five bees for a quarter, you'd say.

Now where were we? Oh yeah: the important thing was I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...

 

[petros]

Ever heard the term "peeling your onion"?

 

[Nuggler]

Ever heard the term "peeling your onion"?

Has not much to do with fairies . Or maybe.

 

[petros]

Nada.

 

[Cliffy]

Ever heard of bicycles made of bamboo?

http://calfeedesign.com/products/bamboo/

 

[petros]

Bicycle FRAME made from bamboo.

 

[spaminator]

Ever heard of bicycles made of bamboo?

http://calfeedesign.com/products/bamboo/

Bicycle FRAME made from bamboo.

Stalk Bamboo Bicycles

perhaps they should choose a different company name.