$6.4B needed to clean toxic selenium from B.C. coal mines, environmental group warns
Report commissioned by Wildsight says cleanup costs in B.C.'s Elk Valley are three times what has been set aside by Teck Resources.
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![Heavy equipment operates at an open-pit coal mine in B.C., just west of the Alberta border. The Alberta government has rescinded a 44-year-old policy that restricted similar mines in large swaths of the Rocky Mountains and Foothills. Heavy equipment operates at an open-pit coal mine in B.C., just west of the Alberta border.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.5879262.1678383788!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/coal-mine-teck.jpg)
Report commissioned by Wildsight says cleanup costs in B.C.'s Elk Valley are three times what has been set aside by Teck Resources.