Half of all copper mining is at drought risk with climate change
Even in an optimistic low emission scenario for 2050, more than half the world’s copper mines will be in areas exposed to drought risk that’s deemed significant.
Taranis Resources is taking the province to court over permitting delays that the company says may be related to a mischaracterization by the Mines minister.
Alberta, which wants to see oil and gas projects approved at a faster clip, won a legal case in a provincial court in 2022, challenging the constitutionality of the Impact Assessment Act.