New energy era, new rules needed to develop responsible projects

We cannot be as irresponsible with critical minerals as we have been with fossil fuels.

Teck Resources Ltd.'s Elkview Mine located in Elk Valley, B.C. Both Canada and British Columbia have high aspirations for developing critical minerals, but neither has the cleanest records regarding First Nations and the environment, write Wyatt Petryshen.Photograph courtesy of Alec Underwood

Opinion

BY WYATT PETRYSHEN

March 30, 2023

KIMBERLEY, B.C.—As our planet faces dramatic change related to our never-ending consumption of fossil fuels, our hopes have shifted to developing new green technologies like electric vehicles and solar panels. But behind these new technologies is a voracious hunger to deve...

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