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PL 69 risks killing the social acceptability of wind power and opening the door to more dams

Fondation Rivières is concerned about the centralization of decisions on the future of energy in the hands of the Minister of Energy, the opening up to industrial self-generation and private electricity production, and the increase to 100 MW of the capacity threshold for new private hydroelectric power plant projects. Under the pretext of accelerating energy production, Bill 69 opens the door to privatization of production without adequate control, threatening the environment, the economy and social peace, particularly in the regions.

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Bloom Lake iron ore mine: the federal government authorizes the total destruction of 37 bodies of water to dump mining waste

On July 3, 2024, the federal government gave the go-ahead for the expansion of the tailings and waste rock piles at the Bloom Lake iron mine, adding the lakes and rivers surrounding the project to its list of exceptions to the ban on destroying fish habitat. This means that 37 bodies of water surrounding the mine site, representing 156 hectares of fish habitat and many more natural environments of all kinds, will be destroyed in perpetuity. The federal government is thus following in the footsteps of the provincial government, against the advice of the BAPE, scientists and public opinion, and setting a dangerous precedent.

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