Can B.C. stop Tulsequah Chief Mine pollution?
Can British Columbia stop polluted water from leaking out of a long-closed mine upstream from Juneau? The issue came up last month when the Canadian province’s top mining official traveled to the Capital City.
The Tulsequah mine sits above the Tulsequah River which flows into the Taku River.
The Tulsequah Chief hasn’t been open for more than 50 years. But, like many old mines, it’s leaking pollution.
For decades, rusty, acidic water has drained from an old tunnel into a nearby
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