Max Kellerman, Oceanside Star, Thursday, February 04, 2010

Coal dust causes lung disease known as pneumoconiosis, which includes black lung disease, which usually occurs among coal miners. Environmental legislation regulates workplace air quality, but only in some jurisdictions.

The Denman Island Local Trust Committee, chaired by Peter Luckham, wrote on December 22, 2009 to Premier Campbell and Ministry of Environment Minister Barry Penner with respect to the inappropriateness of permitting a new coal mine in BC when local governments are being charged with reducing carbon emissions.

22 Dec 2009
Denman Island LTC Letter to Premier Campbell
Denman Island LTC Letter to Minister Penner
Islands Trust Letter to Candy-Lee Chikite of Raven Project

11 Jan 2010
Letter from Premier Campbell to Denman Island LTC

By Fred Davies, Parksville Qualicum Beach News, January 28, 2010

A representative for a proposed underground coal mine, six kilometres west of Buckley Bay ferry terminal, received a rough ride from Regional District of Nanaimo board members Tuesday.

CoalWatch will host public meeting in Courtenay, Thursday, February 11, 7:00 p.m. at the Florence Filberg Hall - mark your calendars, watch for details!

Media Release, CoalWatch Comox Valley, Jan. 21, 2010

The controversial proposal for a large underground coal mine in the Comox Valley drew another standing room only crowd to the Fanny Bay Hall on Monday night, as almost 200 people attended a film about the impact of coalmining on communities.

Media Release, CoalWatch Comox Valley, Jan. 18, 2010

“This raises serious concerns about the coalmine planned for Fanny Bay,” says CoalWatch

News of two recent effluent spills into the Campbell River Watershed is ringing alarms bells for residents of Baynes Sound, where there are plans for a large underground coal mine.

Dan MacLennan, Courier-Islander, Friday, January 15, 2010

Heavy rains and snow melt appear to have caused two effluent spills from a Myra Falls mine tailings pond into Buttle Lake Monday.

But neither mine owner Breakwater Resources nor the Environment Ministry could say what volume of effluent might have spilled into the lake which supplies drinking water to Campbell River.

Ray Grigg, Shades of Green, December 4, 2009

The Raven Underground Coal Project, a joint venture between Compliance Coal Corporation and its Japanese and Korean partners, could extract up to 100 million tonnes of metallurgical coal in the Tsable River watershed near Fanny Bay. This is cold comfort for the environment.

Dear John Tapics, President, Compliance Energy Corp:

Compliance Coal has asked the community to submit questions that need to be covered in your environmental Assessment. We have decided that we should inform you that the Comox Valley Water Watch Coalition feels strongly that there is insufficient information to proceed with an environmental assessment at all now.

ATV News, 15-Nov-2009

FANNY BAY - A new environmental group began forming in the Comox Valley this week, coming together to collect questions and research answers surrounding a proposed coal mine site.