Environment

The results for tests on water samples taken from Polley Lake on August 7 and 8 show levels very close to those seen prior to the August 4 tailings pond breach, the Ministry of Environment announced August 12.

A breach at Imperial Metals' (TSX:III) Mount Polley Mine tailings pond in Canada’s British Columbia may have been avoided had the company listened to concerns raised by engineers that designed the containment system, Knight Piésold Consulting said.

Preliminary testing of water in Quesnel Lake has determined the water is within federal and provincial drinking water guidelines, despite the collapse of a tailings pond dam that dumped 10 million cubic metres of water and 4.5 million cubic metres of mine slurry into Polley and Quesnel lakes.

It will take some time to determine the long-term environmental effects of the Mount Polley Mine tailings pond breach, according to a UNBC researcher familiar with the area.

How do you stop whales, porpoises and dolphins from breeding at the Vancouver Aquarium?

The Vancouver park board voted 5-0 to ban the breeding of whales and dolphins at the Vancouver Aquarium during a meeting July 31.

The Vancouver park board will continue a public meeting tonight to discuss whether whales and dolphins should continue to be a part of the Vancouver Aquarium.

The authors of a new study on British Columbia’s carbon tax say their work shows that farmers may not need an exemption from the tax to stay competitive.

An environmental group is calling for a ban on the use of microbeads in British Columbia.

A study on the cumulative impacts of pollution from industry in Kitimat does not report on particulates – considered to be among the most harmful pollutants to humans.