Teck Resources Limited today announced that Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued a ‘Direction’ under the Fisheries Act to Teck Coal, setting out measures…
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Browse past new stories and articles related to “selenium”
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Wildsight says dead fish raise larger questions
Twenty-six dead westslope cutthroat trout were recently found downstream of Teck’s Line Creek Operations. Teck Resources Limited last week reported the incident. While Teck has…
B.C. responds to Montana’s selenium-level objective for Koocanusa
British Columbia intends to establish a selenium-level objective for Lake Koocanusa in its own good time, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy stated…
Coal mining pollutes water and destroys our environment
Letter to the Editor In this global climate crisis, when the world is wanting to reduce its CO2 emissions, it seems counter-intuitive to consider extending…
District bringing new drinking water well online
The District of Sparwood, Teck Resources Limited and the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy are working in partnership to bring Well #4 online…
US senators ask B.C. to clean-up mine water pollution
Wildsight June 14 pointed out “all eight US senators representing B.C.’s neighbouring states (Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska) have joined together in an unprecedented bipartisan…
Wildsight calls out B.C.’s mine bonding shortfall
Two years after the BC Auditor General called for sweeping reforms to the regulation of mines, the Ministry of Mines is revising its mine reclamation…
West Line Creek water treatment facility restarts
Teck announced today (Oct. 4) that the restart and re-commissioning of the West Line Creek Active Water Treatment Facility has now begun, following the completion…
Elkford opposing proposed coal mine
District of Elkford council Dec. 11 (2017) passed a motion stating its opposition to the proposed Bingay Main Coal Project (Centermount), noting concern that the…
Bi-national commission needed for water quality issues
Letter to the Editor Teck just announced the shutdown of its Line Creek water treatment plant, which was designed to remove selenium from water flowing…