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A coalition of tribal nations is calling for a meeting with the U.S. and Canadian governments after the two countries failed to meet their own deadline of addressing toxic water contamination that flows into Montana from Canadian mines.

Over 250 people gathered at the Gallatin Gateway Community Center on Tuesday evening to share concerns about a proposed gravel mine at a private Gateway residency.

The toxic runoff comes primarily from waste rock at mines operated by mining giant Teck Resources.

Decades of growing concern about selenium contamination from Canadian coal mines flowing into the United States could be addressed by a bi-national entity.

Share New regulations are in the works for Canadas coal mines, but experts are concerned they won’t be strong enough to address the legacy of pollution from more than a century of coal mining in B.C.s Elk Valley. Photo: Callum Gunn Teck Coal was ordered to pay a record $60 million fine this year for polluting waterways in the Elk Valley, but despite the penalty, contaminants continue to leach from piles of waste rock at the company’s mines — ...