Monthly Archives: June 2007

Fish odyssey may help sink energy development plan

From the Thursday, June 21, 2007 online edition of the Vancouver Sun . . .

The cross-border sexual odyssey of six fish from northern Montana to southern B.C. could help sink a planned multi-billion-dollar Canadian energy development that has spawned years of conflict between the U.S. and Canada.

A half-dozen cutthroat trout captured on the Flathead River south of the B.C.-Montana border and fitted with radio transmitters were tracked by researchers as they swam to spawning beds in Canada, giving hope to both American and Canadian critics of a proposed B.C. coal mine that efforts to protect the trout’s trans-boundary travels will help scuttle the controversial project.

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Senate Panel Supports Mine Study Funding

From the Tuesday, June 19, 2007 online edition of the Flathead Beacon . . .

A U.S. Senate panel Tuesday approved nearly $1.3 million for collection of environmental data in the area where a Canadian company wants to develop a coal mine, just north of Glacier National Park.

Opponents of the mine want the environmental information for a baseline against which to gauge how the Cline Mining Corp. project may affect natural resources in the Flathead River region, which spans the Montana-British Columbia border.

Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., announced the allocation by a subcommittee working on appropriations for the Interior Department. Full committee action is likely Thursday, his staff said.

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Is B.C. premier going ‘green’?

This editorial column from the Thursday, June 7, 2007 online edition of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer provides some background on the political situation in British Columbia regarding environmental matters. About halfway down the article is some commentary on the Cline Mine situation . . .

Is Premier Gordon Campbell genuinely “going green,” or doing a “greenwash” to look good for the Winter Olympics?

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