B.C. Using Kitimat Smelter Workers as ‘Guinea Pigs’ for Air Pollution Monitoring, Union Says
In October, B.C. Premier John Horgan made a visit to the Rio Tinto Alcan smelter...
Rio Tinto Alcan Allowed to Increase Sulphur Dioxide Pollution 56 Per Cent in Kitimat: Environmental Appeal Board Ruling
The Environmental Appeal Board recently ruled B.C. was in its right to grant Rio Tinto...
Kitimat Residents ‘Muzzled’ From Speaking Out On Rio Tinto Alcan’s Plan to Increase Air Pollution
Lis Stannus remembers how serious the problem of acid rain was in Ontario when she...
‘This is B.C.’s Version of the Duffy Scandal’: Government Officials Refer to Rio Tinto Alcan as ‘Client’ in Work Journal
Move over Duffy diaries. There’s a new black book in town. That’s the detailed work...
Rio Tinto Alcan Polluting Kitimat Airshed to Save Money, Tribunal Hears
When the B.C. Ministry of Environment approved Rio Tinto Alcan’s application to modernize its aluminum...
Rio Tinto Alcan Externalizing Air Pollution onto Kitimat Households, Says Expert Witness
Increased sulphur dioxide (SO2) pollution from the expanded Rio Tinto Alcan (RTA) aluminum smelter in...
Tribunal Hears Regulatory Capture Behind B.C.’s Decision to Increase Rio Tinto Alcan Pollution in Kitimat Airshed
The B.C. Ministry of Environment was too concerned with the interests of Rio Tinto Alcan...
New Report Says Kitimat Airshed Can “Accommodate” Increased Industrial Pollutants
The Kitimat airshed can “accommodate” increased industrial growth and pollution according to a new Kitimat...
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation’s Constitutional Challenge
In the latest development in a case that began more than a year ago, the...
