NEWS 3 photo Paut McGrath YAKIMA NATIVE Richard Jackson spoke Sunday at a D-Day commemoration ceremony held ‘at the Squamish Nation war monument at S¢. Paul's Indian Church in North Vancouver. Scction fallout spreads U.S.. ENVIRONMENTAL- {STS, politicians and mining executives have united in con- demning a $140 million envi- ronmental catastrophe in Colorado left behind by West . Vancouver stock promoter - Robert Friedland. . By Brent Mudry Contributing Writer — |. Massive cyanide leakage from the Summitville mine has destroyed fish life in the Alamosa River, and the disaster is a focal point in the U.S. as Congress debates over pro- posed'reforms to mining laws unchanged since 1872. Friedland quit as chief executive .. officer and founder of Galactic ~” Resources shortly before the disas- *! ter became public in 1990. . The company went bankrupt ‘two years later, leaving the U.S. taxpayer with a missive environ- mental clean-up bill. Friedland claims everything was fine when he was in charge of the project. He is denying any responsi- bility. “Whether strange coincidence or uncanny prescience, Friedland announced his departure from Galactic on the same day the Environmental Protection Agency was notifying Colorado regulators of impending enforcement action against the mine,” television view- ers across North America were told recently. “He doesn’t say it was the day the EPA came knocking on the door,” John Woods, editor of Vancouver Stockwatch, commented. Friedland momentarily muzzled Canadian media in a short-lived . Massive court ban last September in a doomed attempt to prevent the airing of a critical documentary on CBC-