Alaska’s U.S. senators hosted members of an international commission charged with investigating transboundary water disputes in Juneau on Monday.
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Feds jump into transboundary mining dispute
A recent letter from the U.S. State Department acknowledges Alaskans’ concerns about pollution from current and potential British Columbia mines.
Petersburg assembly OKs BC mining resolution
Petersburg’s borough Assembly Monday passed a resolution seeking enforceable protections against pollution from mines in British Columbia on rivers that flow into Southeast Alaska. Meanwhile, Alaska’s lieutenant governor said he is raising the issue with both provincial and federal governments. https://kfsk-org.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/02MINERESPSGweb.mp3 The group Salmon Beyond Borders is asking municipal governments in Southeast Alaska this year…
Feds: B.C. mines won’t go before international commission
The U.S. State Department will not propose putting Southeast Alaska’s transboundary mine conflict before the International Joint Commission. That’s the U.S.-Canada panel that addresses cross-border water issues.
Unified voice needed for federal response to B.C. mines
Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott says the state will share its knowledge and ask for input on Canadian mines near rivers that flow into Alaska. He wants others with transboundary mine concerns to join forces.
Mallott: U.S.-Canada commission won’t take up B.C. mines
Alaska critics of British Columbia mines probably won’t get any help from a cross-boundary panel they’ve asked to take on their concerns.
Transboundary mine measure before state House
Three Southeast representatives want their colleagues to sign on to a campaign to protect the region’s fisheries from British Columbia mines.
Juneau joins chorus of communities calling for international mine review panel
Juneau has joined a growing number of communities to call for an international panel to review mines along the U.S.-Canada border near Southeast Alaska.
Boost in B.C. mining has Alaska fishermen nervous
The head of British Columbia’s government has pledged to spur mining development, and that has fishermen in Southeast Alaska nervous.