This gold mine was once so dangerous that it killed a toddler who ate snow two kilometres away. Canada’s second-largest environmental liability is inside Yellowknife city limits — and intrinsically tied to the city’s history and future. The federal government has now inherited the billion-dollar cleanup effort that could span a century. More here.
Planet in Peril (PinP) - where science gets respect. Wood Buffalo National Park lies downstream of where the Teck Frontier oil sands mine is proposed. Declines in the ecological health of the Park have been linked to cumulative impacts from the oil sands region. Cdn. Parks & Wilderness Society. Photo: ©Garth Lenz
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