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Today the Secwepemc Women’s Warrior Society and Ancestral Pride launch the Imperial No More Campaign. We are launching this campaign to stop Imperial Metals before they cause any more violence and devastation to the lands, waters and our lives. We are seeking support to protect our unceded territories and to ensure the children of all people can eat the salmon and breathe the air, we cannot do it without your support.
On 18 August, the BC government with support of the Soda Creek Indian Band and Williams Lake Indian Band
ordered an independent engineering investigation into the pond breach,
and a third-party review of all 2014 dam safety inspections for every
permitted mine's tailings pond in the province. The panel reviewing this
breach was composed of Norbert Morgenstern, P.Eng., Dirk van Zyl,
P.Eng., and Steven Vick. Their final report was published January 31, 2015.[12] The investigation covered many factors including the question of whether the piezometers
measuring the water pressure on the dam had been located correctly. The
last readings, 2 August 2014, did not show any changes in the water
pressure.[2]On 1 February 2015, the Globe and Mail reported a principal finding of
the panel determined the tailings dam collapsed because of its
construction on underlying earth containing a layer of glacial till that
had been unaccounted for by the company's original engineering
contractor.[17]
Rescue teams in southern Brazil raced to save victims and determine
casualties Friday morning, hours after a dam burst at a mining waste
site owned by two of the world’s largest mining companies, Vale and BHP
Billiton Ltd.
#brazilianfukushima #miningkills to help: riodoce.help
Posted by Leonel Zozoiaça on Monday, November 16, 2015
A general view where a dam burst in the village of Bento Rodrigues in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, Nov. 6, 2015.
Douglas Magno/AFP/Getty Images
The collapsed dam in Mariana, Minas Gerais state,
unleashed a surge of thick, red toxic mud that devastated the nearby
village of Bento Rodrigues.
A general view of where a dam burst in the Brazilian village of Bento Rodrigues in Mariana, Minas Gerais state, Nov. 6, 2015. Douglas Magno/AFP/Getty Images
Reports of the death toll and injuries from the disaster, which occurred
Thursday afternoon, varied greatly. A spokesman for firefighters in the
rescue confirmed with Reuters
30 injuries and at least two deaths, but said the count was likely to
rise as more mudslides were possible and rescue efforts continue.
Mariana fire chief Adao Severino Junior told AFP news agency
more than 50 were injured in southeastern Minas Gerais state and at
least 17 people died. Several people were also reported missing. Read more here
Rescue
workers drive on a road blocked with mud after a dam owned by Vale and
BHP Billiton Ltd. burst in Mariana, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, Nov. 6,
2015. Reuters/Ricardo Moraes
