From the Thursday, May 26, 2005 online edition of Canada.com's Vancouver city site . . .
Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer has taken his frustrations with British Columbia's mining policy to Washington, asking for a scientific assessment before potential open pit drilling poses an environmental hazard to his state.
While there is currently no open pit mining, the province has granted a permit for test drilling at a site in Fernie, B.C., raising concerns for its neighbours to the south.
In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Schweitzer urged that the United States, in co-operation with Canada, ask the International Joint Commission to determine the environmental feasibility of open pit mining and methane gas extraction.
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