Muskrat Falls Project Case Study

Jennie gave us a very good insight during our meetings on Black Board Collaborate, and explained what it is really like being on the picket line campaigning against the project. The Muskrat Falls Project is taking place at Lake Melville in Newfoundland and Labrador, which is an ecologically and culturally significant subarctic estuary. The Lake is mostly situated in Labrador within Inuit Territory. Lake Melville is essential to the Inuit community and has provided subsistence and well-being for centuries. It will possibly be contaminated with methyl mercury due to the Muskrat Falls hydro dam if Nalcor Energy goes through with the development. Nalcor Energy is a provincial energy company of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador; their company has the goal of building a strong economic future for Newfoundlanders and Labradorians. They generate the transmission of electrical power, with the goal of a broader energy sector, guided by a long-term energy power plan. They are currently leading the development of the province’s energy resources. Nalcor is in the process of developing the first phase of the Lower …show more content…
Rigolet is home to roughly 300 people of the Nunatsiavut Innu people that have been living there for 5,000 years. They are located off of a small inlet called the Hamilton Inlet which is an extension off of Lake Melville. The people of Rigolet are fighting hard to have the Muskrat falls project done right as it is their way of life and wellbeing at stake if it is improperly done and rushed. The Inuit people that live in the community are people without a lot of money, they live off the land and water, and the lakes are a primary source of food for them. The methylmercury can completely destroy their way of life, as they would no longer have food