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Protecting the Kootenai River from mountaintop removal coal mining » Sandpoint Reader

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By Jennifer EkstromReader Contributor Pollution from five mountaintop removal coal mines in the Canadian Rockies is flowing downstream through British Columbia, and into the Kootenai River of Idaho, Montana and beyond. Selenium and other contaminants threaten drinking water, fisheries and tribal cultural resources. The crisis has been escalating since mining began in the 1960s.  Glencore, a multinational mining corporation with a troubling human…
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Sandpoint Reader broke the news on Thursday, April 23, 2026.
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