Teck mine would be devastating to globally significant protected area

The proposed Teck project would be Alberta’s largest open-pit oilsands mine. At 29,000 hectares, this colossal mine would cover more than twice the area of the City of Vancouver. And it would be located just 30 kilometres up the Athabasca River from Wood Buffalo—one of only 10 of Canada’s natural UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

The salt plains in the Wood Buffalo National Park. When describing Wood Buffalo, UNESCO calls it 'an outstanding example of ongoing ecological and biological processes encompassing some of the largest undisturbed grass and sedge meadows left in North America,' writes Graham Saul. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY GRAHAM SAUL

February 24, 2020

OTTAWA—Canadians are holding their collective breaths as the government decides whether or not to approve the $20-billion Teck Resources Frontier oilsands mine project, proposed by resource extraction giant Teck Resources. Much has already been said about the message an approval would send, given ...

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