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Canada environment disaster 1.3 billion gallons mining waste flows into rivers
2014-08-07 12:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Citizens of British Columbia awoke to the thunderous noise of over a billion gallons of mining waste water cascading through Hazeltine Creek earlier this week, polluting the states fresh water supply. According to officials, the open-pit Mount Polley copper and gold mine may have suffered a breach in a tailings pond, which released the mines huge reservoir of waste water into numerous water supplies and fisheries. No official reason for the disaster has yet been given. The breach has affected...
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