https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/teck-resources-pegged-with-8-million-fine-for-toxic-smelter-pollution-of-columbia-river/ Fri, 21 Sep 2018 20:17:29 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=8025 U.S. judge rules it is ‘inconceivable’ company did not know its Trail, B.C. lead and zinc smelter — one of the largest in the world — was contaminating transboundary waters destined for Washington state Judith Lavoie News B.C. Columbia River Colville Tribes Indigenous mining smelter Teck Resources Trail smelter transboundary https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-using-kitimat-smelter-workers-guinea-pigs-air-pollution-monitoring-union-says/ Mon, 06 Nov 2017 22:26:52 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2017/11/06/b-c-using-kitimat-smelter-workers-guinea-pigs-air-pollution-monitoring-union-says/ Carol Linnitt News Appeal B.C. Environmental Appeal Board George Heyman Jason Gratl Lis Stannus Local 2301 Ministry of Environment Policy Premier John Horgan Rio Tinto Alcan Sean O'Driscoll smelter SO2 sulphur dioxide Unifor https://thenarwhal.ca/rio-tinto-alcan-allowed-increase-sulphur-dioxide-pollution-56-cent-kitimat-environmental-appeal-board-ruling/ Tue, 05 Jan 2016 21:14:23 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2016/01/05/rio-tinto-alcan-allowed-increase-sulphur-dioxide-pollution-56-cent-kitimat-environmental-appeal-board-ruling/ Carol Linnitt News B.C. Ministry of Environment Center Top Environmental Appeal Board Government Kitimat Lis Stannus News Phil Germuth Rio Tinto Alcan smelter SO2 sulphur dioxide https://thenarwhal.ca/kitimat-residents-muzzled-speaking-out-rio-tinto-alcan-s-plan-increase-air-pollution/ Thu, 04 Jun 2015 03:38:20 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/06/04/kitimat-residents-muzzled-speaking-out-rio-tinto-alcan-s-plan-increase-air-pollution/ Carol Linnitt aluminum Appeal Center Second Emily Toews emissions Environmental Appeal Board Government Haisla Nation hearings Interview Kitimat Lis Stannus Ministry of Environment Morris Amos muzzling Rio Tinto Alcan smelter SO2 sulphur dioxide tribunal https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-s-version-duffy-scandal-government-officials-refer-rio-tinto-alcan-client-work-journal/ Wed, 03 Jun 2015 03:11:04 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/06/03/b-c-s-version-duffy-scandal-government-officials-refer-rio-tinto-alcan-client-work-journal/ Carol Linnitt air pollution asthma Chris Tollefson Emily Toews Environmental Appeals Board Frazer McKenzie Government Ian Sharpe Kitimat Lis Stannus Ministry of Environment Regulatory Capture Richard Overstall Rio Tinto Alcan secondment smelter SO2 sulphur dioxide https://thenarwhal.ca/rio-tinto-alcan-externalizing-air-pollution-kitimat-households-says-expert-witness/ Wed, 13 May 2015 01:01:35 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/05/13/rio-tinto-alcan-externalizing-air-pollution-kitimat-households-says-expert-witness/ Carol Linnitt air pollution aluminum asthma Brian Scarfe Emily Toews Kitimat Lis Stannus Natural Resources petcoke petroleum coke Rio Tinto Alcan smelter SO2 sulphur dioxide https://thenarwhal.ca/new-report-says-kitimat-airshed-can-accommodate-increased-industrial-pollutants/ Sat, 19 Jul 2014 02:57:38 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2014/07/19/new-report-says-kitimat-airshed-can-accommodate-increased-industrial-pollutants/ Carol Linnitt aluminum B.C. Clean Energy Canada emissions Energy Environment Minister Mary Polak ESSA Technologies Kitimat liquid natural gas LNG Merran Smith Nitrogen Rio Tinto Alcan smelter sulphur dioxide