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          <title>The transition to renewable energy relies on mining. Can it be done responsibly?</title>
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          <description>Demand for certain mined minerals is projected to increase exponentially in the coming decades. Experts warn responsible practices must be in place to reduce environmental and social impacts</description>
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          <title>Five years after Mount Polley disaster, taxpayers still on hook for cleaning up mining accidents</title>
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          <description>B.C. is supposed to have a polluter-pay policy, but that’s not the reality on the ground according to experts</description>
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          <title>Jacinda Mack wants to get real about what that mine is actually going to do to your community</title>
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          <description>Nearly four years after the Mount Polley mine spill one Indigenous woman is taking her personal experience of the disaster on the road and transforming how communities understand the promise and perils of mineral wealth</description>
          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

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          <title>It’s Official: No Provincial Charges for Mount Polley Mine Spill, One of Largest Environmental Disasters in Canadian History</title>
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          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

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          <title>Imperial Metals’ Financial Downgrade Raises Questions About Liability of Mount Polley, Red Chris Mines</title>
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          <dc:creator>Judith Lavoie</dc:creator>

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          <title>Mount Polley Investigation Still On, Federal Charges ‘In Play,’ Says B.C. Environment Minister</title>
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          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

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          <title>Mining Company Gets Federal Approval to Use B.C. Fish-Bearing Streams to Dump Tailings</title>
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          <dc:creator>Judith Lavoie</dc:creator>

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          <title>Republican Senators from Alaska Ask John Kerry to Help Protect Rivers, Salmon from B.C.’s Dangerous Mining Practices</title>
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          <dc:creator>Judith Lavoie</dc:creator>

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          <title>B.C. Ignores Best Practices, Allows Mount Polley-style Tailings Dams on Alaska Border, New Report Finds</title>
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          <dc:creator>Judith Lavoie</dc:creator>

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          <title>No Fines, No Charges Laid for Mount Polley Mine Disaster</title>
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          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

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          <title>Trust, Social Licence and Spin: A Tale of Two Countries</title>
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          <dc:creator>Judith Lavoie</dc:creator>

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