The mining problem Canada wants to ignore
Selenium levels in rivers and lakes are now many times the safe limit – especially across the U.S. border, causing mutations and reproductive problems in fish, and if concentrations continue to rise, posing a potential risk to human health.The six governments of the transboundary Ktunaxa Nation, which includes four in Canada and two in the United States, have been raising the alarm for more than 10 years. In that time, Teck’s coal sales have accounted for $2.5-billion of its $3.2-billionin 2022.
We certainly do not need more toxic abandoned mines as a fight over cleanup drags on. We have enough of those already. The U.S. State Department has asked for a joint referral with Canada for over a year. A joint referral would consist of both governments instructing the IJC to form a watershed board for the Elk-Kootenay watershed. The six IJC commissioners – three Canadian, three American – wrote to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unanimously requesting
The Kootenay Transboundary Coalition is a group of NGOs, including Wildsight, that has been working to resolve the selenium contamination problem in the Elk-Kootenay watershed. The coalition– to declare its support for the referral. As a sign of good faith, Teck was also asked to press pause on any new mine expansion plans – not a big deal, given the years-long time frame it would take for proposals to get through the Environmental Assessment process.
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