As waste leaches from B.C. coal mines, experts worry rules will fall short
Share New regulations are in the works for Canada's 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 — and the clock is ticking on new federal regulations that observers say are long overdue. “Leader...
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