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Teck fined $60 million for polluting Koocanusa tributary

by WILL LANGHORNE
The Western News | March 30, 2021 7:00 AM

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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)

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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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