From the Tuesday, January 16, 2007 online edition of the Globe and Mail . . .
The U.S. and Canadian governments may have to intervene to stop a proposed coal mine north of Glacier National Park that critics fear would pollute water flowing into the park and the Flathead River, Montana Gov. Schweitzer said Monday.
“I think this is now going to be in the lap of the State Department,” Mr. Schweitzer said.
The U.S. State Department and the Canadian department of Foreign Affairs have the power to refer transboundary water disputes to an international commission for resolution. Two decades ago, another Canadian coal mine plan raised similar concerns — that mine pollutants would impact waterways south of the border.
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