By Jennifer Ekstrom, Brad Smith, Derf Johnson and David Brooks, Calgary Herald
We are American conservationists, and we are campaigning to address an issue with a Canadian natural resource. There, we said it.
When Stephen Harper was prime minister, environmentalists who opposed his energy plans — especially American ones like us — were branded by some as radicals and extremists. But unlike other ongoing environmental battles, we want to work with the owner of the mines in question, Teck Resources Ltd., to find solutions to a mounting catastrophe and clean up pollution impacting our water quality in Montana and Idaho.
However, when it comes to mining at least, it is proving more difficult to engage Prime Minister Justin Trudeau than it was for those opposing a different major problem to
