From the Wednesday, July 28, 2004 issue of the Helena Independent Record . . .
British Columbia is persisting with its sale of coal-bed methane leases north of Glacier National Park despite Gov. Judy Martz's appeal for Canadian federal officials to halt the effort, a provincial official said Tuesday.
"British Columbia regulates oil and gas activity in the province," Minister of Energy and Mines Richard Neufeld said. "We've done that for over 50 years and see no reason why that should change."
"Does the federal government in the United States get involved in all the actions that happen in the state of Montana?"
Neufeld's comments came a day after Martz asked Canada's environmental and foreign affairs officers to defer the Aug. 25 sale of coal-bed methane leases by the province and order an environmental assessment.
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