Coal Miner's Selenium Problems are Huge Opportunity for BQEhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alta-coal-assessment-1.6067528 The federal government will step in to conduct an environmental review of any new coal project that could possibly release the contaminant selenium.
The decision, announced Wednesday, will capture any proposals that emerge from the eight steelmaking coal exploration projects in Alberta's Rocky Mountain foothills, said Federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson.
"For those projects that do have the potential to release selenium into waterbodies, I will be designating all such projects going forward for a federal review and assessment," he said.
"I think most Albertans would expect an issue like selenium and its impacts on watercourses and fish to be assessed."
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