First Nations angered by delays in joint probe of cross-border contamination from coal mines
The International Joint Commission, the Canada-U.S. body that mediates water disputes, has been meeting in Ottawa this week.Since May, it has been asking Canada to join with the Americans in an investigation, called a reference, of the Elk Valley issue. The reference is supported by the Biden administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, the states of Montana and Idaho, First Nations and environmental groups on both sides of the border, as well as the commission itself.
B.C. doesn’t want the commission’s involvement, wrote David Karn on behalf of the province’s environment department.Story continues below advertisement The Elk Valley has long struggled with selenium contamination from coal mines owned by Teck Resources. Although Teck has spent more than $1 billion to try and fix the problem, levels of the element toxic to fish remain high in waters that flow into Lake Kookanusa, a reservoir that crosses the border between the U.S. and Canada.Selenium in those waters already exceeds American levels. Groups from U.S. senators to tribal chiefs have written Canada’s federal government to complain.
He suspects that’s exactly what B.C. doesn’t want. Previous boards have raised obstacles to new development in watersheds such as the Flathead River, which reaches into southern B.C.
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