Legal opinion on the Bloom Lake mine: Quebec has the power to prevent the destruction of the lakes

November 17, 2020

Press release - As the Bureau d'audiences publiques sur l'environnement (BAPE) hearings on the Bloom Lake mine expansion project get underway today, Eau Secours, Fondation Rivières and Québec meilleure mine unveil a new study and legal opinion that clearly demonstrate that Quebec has the legal authority to refuse to allow the 8 lakes targeted by Champion Iron to be turned into mine waste garbage cans.

Lakes threatened by a mine: a coalition calls on Quebec to act

August 13, 2020

Press release - A coalition of citizens' and environmental organizations is calling on Quebec to take action to prevent the destruction of 8 lakes and a dozen waterways for the storage of mining waste at the Bloom Lake mine in northern Quebec.

Letter to the Ministry of the Environment and the Fight against Climate Change: BAPE on project to expand the mining waste storage capacity of the Lac Bloom mine

August 10, 2020

A group of organizations has voiced its deepest concerns about the proposed expansion of the Lac Bloom mine's mine waste storage facility by Australian mining company Champion Iron.

Memory – Construction of a hydroelectric power station on the 11th fall of the Mistassini River

February 18, 2015

Brief - Fondation Rivières has submitted a brief to the Bureau d'audiences publiques sur l'environnement (BAPE) concerning the construction of a hydroelectric power station on the Mistassini River's 11th chute.

Sainte-Anne River: BAPE recommendations on the hydroelectric power station call for a re-examination in Val-Jalbert and a government river protection plan

July 15, 2013

The report by the Bureau d'audiences publiques sur l'environnement (BAPE) finds the project to build a hydroelectric power station in majestic Canyon Sainte-Anne unacceptable.

Hydroelectric power station in Val-Jalbert: the BAPE issues a complacent and incomplete report

July 25, 2012

According to Fondation Rivières, the report released on July 13 by the Bureau d'audiences publiques sur l'environnement (BAPE) following public hearings on the project to build a hydroelectric power station on the heritage site of the historic Village of Val-Jalbert in no way reflects the opinions of citizens or answers their questions.