{"id":49235,"date":"2022-06-08T09:22:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T16:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=49235"},"modified":"2022-06-08T09:22:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T16:22:04","slug":"support-for-international-joint-commission-recommendations-to-address-transboundary-pollution-from-mining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=49235","title":{"rendered":"Support for International Joint Commission Recommendations to Address Transboundary Pollution from Mining"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>06\/08\/2022 09:42 AM EDT<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Office of the Spokesperson<\/p>\n<p>On June 7, representatives from the Department of State, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and U.S. Geological Survey met with Council members from the six governments of the transboundary Ktunaxa Nation, including the four Ktunaxa First Nation Governments of Yaq\u0313it \u0294a\u00b7knuq\u2c61i\u2019it First Nation (Tobacco Plains), \u0294akisq\u0313nuk\u0313 First Nation, Yaqan Nu\u0294kiy (Lower Kootenay) and \u0294aq\u0313am, the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, to discuss addressing pollution from mining in British Columbia that affects the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting underscored the Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s commitment to strengthening Nation-to-Nation relationships by listening to Tribal priorities and respecting Tribal sovereignty.\u00a0\u00a0During the meeting, the Department reaffirmed the Administration\u2019s support for a joint reference to the International Joint Commission (IJC) under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 for the Kootenai Basin regarding the transboundary impacts of mining.\u00a0 A joint reference would respond to the need for impartial recommendations and transparent communication, build trust, and forge a common understanding of this issue among local, Indigenous, state, provincial, and federal governments as well as stakeholders and the public in both countries.<\/p>\n<p>Support for a joint IJC reference reflects the Biden-Harris Administration\u2019s commitment to protect public health; conserve our lands, waters, and biodiversity; and deliver environmental justice to communities overburdened by pollution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>06\/08\/2022 09:42 AM EDT Office of&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49236,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49235\/revisions\/49236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}