Mining Industry Fights Back Against Environmentalists

The B.C. mining industry wants its own version of the high-profile petroleum industry lobby group "Ethical Oil" to battle what it calls "systematic attacks" by environmental non-governmental organizations.

"Several Alaskan and B.C.-based NGOs are using U.S. governmental lobbying and grassroots campaigns in an attempt to stop industrial development in the trans-boundary region where your project is located," read the email invitation from Robert Simpson, president of PR Associates. "Research shows that the movement, which is relying on inaccurate and misleading public messaging, is gaining momentum."

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The proposed KSM mine is just one of the projects the flacks at PR Associates are lobbying for.

The site of the proposed KSM mine is just 19 miles from the Alaska border, on Sulphurets Creek, a major tributary of the Unuk River. The Unuk flows into Behm Canal and Misty Fjords National Monument and is among the top salmon producing rivers in Southeast Alaska.

The mine will be required to treat 119,000 gallons of contaminated water per minute prior to dumping into the Unuk River.

LINK (via: Southeast Alaska Conservation Council)

KSM is just one of nine large scale mine projects the B.C. government is hoping to fast track as part of their drive to exploit the pristine wilderness of the province.

Comments

[Beth L]

I hope what the mining company has placed in their plans to help save the environment will come into reality and will strictly be observed by concern individuals.