From the Wednesday, May 5, 2004 edition of the Hungry Horse News . . .
A U.S. Senator vows to fight the mines while the Flathead Basin Commission is seeking international intervention for coal mining and coal bed methane production in British Columbia just north of Glacier National Park.
In front of a standing-room-only crowd, the commission heard testimony on the potential impacts of both a proposed coal mine about six miles north of the U.S.-Canadian border and coal bed methane extraction in the river valley.
In response, the commission drafted a resolution that urges the British Columbia government "to immediately defer any action on coal bed methane and coal mining proposals until completion of a comprehensive assessment by the International Joint Commission."
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