A new study based on three B.C. coal mines says the economic benefits from the projects, used to justify their approval during the environmental review process, were 'significantly overestimated.'
A coal mining operation in Sparwood, B.C., is shown on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016. A new study based on three other British Columbia coal mines says the economic benefits from those projects, used to justify their approval during the environmental review process, were "significantly overestimated." THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
The Mining Association of British Columbia said the information in the report is "outdated," and the results do not portray the situation around mines and their economic impacts accurately. No project has yet passed under the new rules, although some are undergoing the three-to-five-year process. That project examines the "accelerating loss of wild abundance," including the loss of caribou habitat and population in northeastern B.C.
Michael Goehring, president and CEO of the Mining Association of British Columbia, said he "takes issue" with Collard and Dempsey's study.
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