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Prentice kills Taseko's Prosperity mine


 

Prentice kills Taseko's Prosperity minePrentice kills Taseko's Prosperity mine

By LAURA PAYTON, Parliamentary Bureau

Last Updated: November 2, 2010 7:04pm

OTTAWA – The federal government has killed a plan for an open-pit mine in Fish Lake, B.C.

 “The project as it was proposed would result in the destruction of Fish Lake and the destruction as well of a complex and highly productive ecosystem that included ... dozens of connecting streams, wetlands and aquatic life,” Environment Minister Jim Prentice said Tuesday.

“There was a significant risk that this habitat could not be successfully reproduced through manmade substitutes.”

 http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/11/02/15925231.html


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Topics: Environment
Tags: Fish Lake BCTsilhqot'in Nations Government
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