Following Years-Long Tester Push, U.S. & Canada File Joint Reference on Selenium Pollution in Kootenai Watershed
March 12, 2024
March 12, 2024
WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release:
Following a years-long effort from U.S. Senator Jon Tester, the United States and Canada today announced a Joint Reference to the International Joint Commission (IJC) instructing an Independent Governing Body to investigate pollution in the Kootenai Watershed. The pollution is caused by mining in Canada.
Tester has been Montana's most vocal advocate for a fix to the problem, and first . . .
Following a years-long effort from U.S. Senator Jon Tester, the United States and Canada today announced a Joint Reference to the International Joint Commission (IJC) instructing an Independent Governing Body to investigate pollution in the Kootenai Watershed. The pollution is caused by mining in Canada.
Tester has been Montana's most vocal advocate for a fix to the problem, and first . . .