Vancouver Sun: The regulatory body for engineers in B.C. is alleging negligence or unprofessional conduct by three engineers after the 2014 collapse of a tailings dam at the Mount Polley mine.
The resulting spill at the gold and copper mine was among the largest in B.C.’s history and sent 24 million cubic metres of mine waste and sludge into waterways.
Just like the dam that failed in Oroville California. At the time the TV news and the papers and All Gore blamed the collapse on man made global warming and extreme weather and climate change. But what really happened is that the spillway of the dam was not maintained for ten years and the spillway surface eroded. Then when they had to use the spillway during the rains the rushing water wore away the already exposed surface and it crumbled.
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