Canada suppressing data on coal mine pollution, say U.S. officials

The polluted water, which leaches from massive amounts of waste rock at Teck’s metallurgical coal mines, flows into the Elk and Fording Rivers in B.C., then into the Koocanusa Reservoir which straddles the border and finally into the U.S. Kootenai River before curling back up into Canada at Creston. Erin Sexton, biologist quote "Three applications for coal mines from other companies are currently in the initial stages, and it is extraordinary that B.C. is considering allowing more mines in the area when all the levels show pollution in the watershed is far beyond the limits for protecting aquatic life, Sexton said.