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The full Canadian Geogrpahic article is now on newstands.
The Flathead is the cover picture with the question STRIP MINE THIS? on top and also gets 11 pages inside. It does a very good
job showing the validity of American interest while positioning the problem as a land use issue for British Columbians to fix.
It is positioned next to article on the horrifc impacts of mining the tar sands.
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A MAINTENANCE worker mows the lawn at Bill
Foley’s residence Wednesday near the north end of Whitefish Lake. The
lawn was in violation at the county level because previous owners
planted and maintained lawn grass in the lakeshore zone. Although the
city later determined it wasn’t in violation, Foley has agreed to stop
maintaining the lawn once the city passes new lakeshore regulations
that will more clearly define the use of grasses in the lakeshore zone,
according to Whitefish Lake and Lakeshore Protection Committee chairman
Jim Stack. Garrett Cheen/Daily Inter Lake More
Protect Waterton-Glacier park, groups implore UN June 04, 2008
Obama opposes plan for mine on BC river June 03, 2008
2008 Report on the Lake
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Gas Spill by Flathead Lake
Disaster prone: MDT mulls limiting trucks on Highway 35
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Mess left in wake of 6,380-gallon gas spill
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Forced to evacuate: Flathead Lake couple must leave home because of fuel spill
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Four more homes lost to Flathead gas spill
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Long arm of U.S. law reaches across the border January 9, 2008
A U.S. court action against Teck Cominco for its activities in Canada flies in the face of legal convention
This story deserves some attention - it finally puts us in a good position
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Canada OKs limited review of mine plans
The Canadian federal government has announced that it will review a coal mine proposed in British Columbia's Flathead drainage, but it's a review that falls short of what Montana officials wanted.
By Jim Mann Tuesday, December 18, 2007
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Governor Announces New 20X10 Initiative
State to Lead By Example
Accepts Climate Change Report and Joins Western Climate Initiative
11/19/2007 -- (HELENA) At a news conference today, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer
announced a new initiative seeking a 20% reduction in energy consumption by state agencies
by the year 2010. He also discussed the climate change report presented to him today by the
Director of the Department of Environmental Quality Richard Opper and announced that
Montana has joined the Western Climate Initiative. more...
More information can be found at:
www.mtclimatechange.us
and http://www.
westernclimateinitiative.org/
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Montana worried about Flathead wastewater
