Mount Polley mine tailings pond breach: Local state of emergency declared

Wednesday, August 6, 2014 - 10:00 in Earth & Climate

A local state of emergency has been declared where a B.C. tailings pond wall collapsed, sending billions of litres of mine waste water and millions of cubic metres of metals-laden sand into local waterways.

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