When tar sands oil spills, the diluent evaporates pretty quickly — causing toxic, short-term air pollution — and leaves the heavy bitumen behind, which sinks.
Pulp and paper mills located at Prince George and Quesnel, adjacent to the Fraser River, are sources of contamination; although contamination downstream of these mills still exists, changes to bleaching processes in the 1990s dramatically improved water quality. Other sources of contamination originate as urban and agricultural runoff. Additionally, industrial mineral, coal, and metal mining operations exist in the Fraser River basin, all of which are potential sources of pollution.On 4 August 2014, a breach of the tailings pond dam at the Mount Polley mine sent 8 million m3 of contaminants into Hazeltine Creek, Polley Lake and Quesnel Lake in the Fraser River basin.The waste water contained cobalt, nickel, antimony, arsenic, lead, selenium, mercury and cadmium. The disaster had a substantial impact on the local aquatic environment and may have long-term impacts on salmon spawning in the area
Actually the feds did create a marine protected area in the so called Salish Sea .
No not really , the river is constantly dredged for marine traffic and flow control , many of the marshes and water courses in the delta are being restored and shoreline restoration is happening throughout the lower river . The river is healthier now then fifty years ago .
Yes we would rather have rolling pipelines through our major salmon bearing rivers .
Come now captain , I agree with you most of the time , but B.C. even under the Social Credit and Liberals have been cleaning up our act . It isn’t even the industrial wasteland that Cliffy and Anne Ember think they live in .
