State to seek federal intervention on Canadian coal mine
KALISPELL - Canada's federal government has agreed to review a controversial coal mine proposal north of Glacier National Park, promising a far more exhaustive environmental analysis than currently planned.
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By MICHAEL JAMISON
Missoulian
Saturday, March 31, 2007
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Senator anticipates delay in Canadian coal mine
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- The environmental review for a coal mine planned in British Columbia and opposed in Montana is being ratcheted up, likely delaying the mine proposal by up to three years, said Sen. Max Baucus, whose goal is to have the proposal scrapped.
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by SUSAN GALLAGHER
Associated Press Writer
Friday, March 30, 2007
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Schweitzer asks Canadian feds to intervene
Gov. Brian Schweitzer says Montana's issues with proposed coal mine development in British ColumbiaÌs Flathead drainage will have to be taken to the federal level.
And Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., says he will pursue the matter at that level in several ways.
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by Jim Mann
Daily Interlake,
Thursday, March 22, 2007
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Baucus Wants Investigation Into Canada Mine Plan
Senator Asks Secretary of State Rice to Convene International Panel
WASHINGTON, March 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Sen. Max Baucus
(D-Mont.) today called on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to initiate
an investigation into the environmental consequences of a proposed coal
mine in British Columbia, near Glacier National Park. (pdf)
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Flathead tops at-risk list
Canadian Press
VANCOUVER -- The Flathead River in southeastern B.C.
has the dubious honour of being named the province's most endangered river for 2007.
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U.S. Objects to Proposed Canadian Coal Mine
SEATTLE, March 9 -- The Bush administration has objected to a proposed open-pit coal mine in Canada near the Montana border, citing the potential for irreversible environmental damage to Glacier National Park, pristine trout streams and the largest natural lake in the West. |
by Blaine Harden
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 9, 2007; 6:50 PM
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Canadians against Cline Mine as well
FERNIE, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Canadian residents seem to be just as concerned about a proposed coal mine near Fernie, British Columbia, as their American counterparts. A standing room only crowd attended a meeting in Fernie.
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by Heidi Desch
Hungry Horse News,
Thursday, January 25, 2007
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Coal Mine takes center stage
Gov. Brian Schweitzer Monday promised to take the fight against a proposed coal mine in the Canadian Flathead to the federal level.
Sen. Max Baucus promised to pursue the matter as well.
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by Heidi Desch
Hungry Horse News,
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
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Mine fight may go to a higher level
Gov. Brian Schweitzer says Montana's issues with proposed coal mine development in British Columbia's Flathead drainage will have to be taken to the federal level.
And Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., says he will pursue the matter at that level in several ways.
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by Jim Mann
Daily Interlake,
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
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Commissioners endorse funding for mine research
The Flathead County commissioners unanimously endorsed legislation Tuesday that would provide funding for Montana's ongoing engagement with British Columbia about potential coal mining in the headwaters of the North Fork Flathead River.
Copy of the letter from the Flathead County Commissioners |
by Jim Mann
The Daily Interlake,
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
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Coal taking center stage next week
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer and Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., will headline one of two meetings Jan. 15 in Kalispell on coal-mine development in British Columbia's Flathead drainage.
In a significant development, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council is taking up the issue at its meeting this month.
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by Jim Mann
The Daily Interlake,
Friday, January 5, 2007
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Proposed Canadian coal mine to be examined at Montana meetings
KALISPELL -
A proposed coal mine in southeastern British Columbia will be examined here Monday at a public
meeting the governor and Montana's senior U.S. senator plan to attend.
The session is an opportunity for the public to provide comments, which will be sent
to the provincial government ''as part of Montana's ongoing effort to make B.C. aware of
opposition'' to the mine, the Flathead Basin Commission said. |
by AP
Missoulian,
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
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BC launching review of Cline Mine
British Columbia is about to open a public-comment process on the terms and conditions that will be required of a proposed coal mine in the headwaters of the Flathead Basin.
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by Jim Mann
The Daily Interlake,
Friday, December 22, 2006
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Globe and Mail
"A federal government policy reversal appears to have cleared the way for coal mining in an area long coveted by Parks Canada and which environmentalists have called "one of the most biologically important places on Earth."
The whole story
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--Globe and Mail,
Tuesday December 19, 2006
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