January 25, 2007

Canadians against Cline mine as well

From the Thursday, January 25, 2007 online edition of the Hungry Horse News . . .

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 last week hosted by Cline Mining Co. About 25 people chose to make comments on the proposal. The meeting is one of the steps Cline must go through during an environmental assessment of the proposal for the Lodgepole mine.

Casey Brennan with Wildsight, questioned British Columbia's ability to protect the area and complete baseline scientific studies involved in the assessment. Wildsight is a Canadian group that works to protect Canada's Rocky Mountain region.

“A place as pristine as the Flathead deserves as much study as possible,” he said.

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Posted by nfpa at January 25, 2007 06:39 PM