Teck fined $60 million for polluting Koocanusa tributary
The Kootenai River, just upstream of Libby. Researchers have found evidence of selenium pollution in the river downstream of the Libby Dam from coal mines in British Columbia. (Duncan Adams/The Western News)
Lake Koocanusa pictured March 7. A Canadian judge fined Teck resources $60 million for polluting a tributary of Lake Koocanusa and the Kootenai River March 26. (Will Langhorne/The Western News)
The Libby Dam pictured March 7. A Canadian judge fined Teck resources $60 million for polluting a tributary of Lake Koocanusa and the Kootenai River March 26. (Will Langhorne/The Western News)
A Canadian coal mining company faces $60 million in fines after pleading guilty to polluting a tributary of Lake Koocanusa and the Kootenai River.
Prosecutors successfully leveled two federal counts of unlawfully depositing of deleterious substances — in this case, selenium and calcite — into the Fording River against Teck Resources...
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