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Mining, tailings, and water pollution w/ Adrienne Berchtold

Mining, tailings, and water pollution w/ Adrienne Berchtold

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In this episode of ‘Beneath the Surface’, we explore the impact of mining on water resources in British Columbia, with a special focus on mine tailings and their potential environmental repercussions. Adrienne Berchtold, Ecologist and Mining Impacts Researcher with SkeenaWild, outlines the impacts of mining on B.C.'s water resources, the threat posed by the numerous tailings dams that dot the province's landscape, and the broader ecological and community risks associated with mining activities.

Check out the British Columbia Mine Tailings Map: https://reformbcmining.ca/tailings-map/

Learn more about the SkeenaWild Conservation Trust: https://skeenawild.org/

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