State Department to hear transboundary mine concerns

Sulphurets Creek, which drains naturally occurring rusty water from the KSM mine prospect, enters the Unuk River upstream from Southeast Alaska. Tribal officials worry mining will send polluted water into British Columbia rivers that flow into Alaska. KSM officials say their pollution-control designs will keep that from happening. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska News)
U.S. State Department officials are in Southeast Alaska this week to talk about transboundary mines. The Environmental Protec