Diverse committee examining views on Alberta coal mining
The Alberta government has tasked a five-member committee with finding out how people feel about open-pit coal mining in the Rocky Mountains and their eastern slopes.
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Canada’s five largest banks have a big problem — fossil fuels
Those holding our savings and mortgages and controlling the flow of money into coal, oil and gas — RBC and the rest of Canadian banking gang — need to wake up and smell the CO2, writes Richard Brooks, climate finance director with Stand.earth.
Petition calls on feds to review Alberta coal mining expansion
The federal government needs to step in and consider the potential overall effects of Alberta's intent to expand its coal-mining industry, says a petition tabled Monday in the House of Commons.
No plans for water changes in southwestern Alberta
Alberta's environment minister said on Thursday, March 18, 2021, there's no plan to change water allocations in the province's arid southwest.
Alberta environment minister claims coal mining doesn't threaten water
Alberta's environment minister is reassuring rural municipalities in the province's dry south that their water supply isn't threatened by industrial development such as coal mines.
Energy minister promises Albertans will have their say on coal mining
Alberta's energy minister has promised people will be able to say "no" to coal mining in the Rocky Mountains during upcoming consultations.
Alberta NDP to introduce bill banning coal mining in Rocky Mountains
NDP Leader Rachel Notley says, if passed, the bill would permanently cancel all coal leases on so-called Category 1 and 2 lands and stop planned changes to water allocations in the area.
Alberta environment minister's constituents raise coal-mining concerns
A municipal council in Alberta Environment Minister Jason Nixon's constituency is the latest in a growing number of communities expressing concern about the province's plan to expand coal mining in the Rocky Mountains.
First Nations say Alberta review of coal project falls short, ask feds to get involved
Two of southern Alberta's largest First Nations have asked the federal government to step into an environmental review of a coal mine proposed for the Rocky Mountains.
There is no such thing as a contamination-free coal mine, top scientist warns Albertans
One of North America's top experts on pollution from coal mines is warning Albertans about the dangers of expanding the industry in the province's Rocky Mountains.
Doubts arise over Alberta's reinstated coal policy and what it protects
Doubts are surfacing over the Alberta government's decision to restore a policy that protects the Rocky Mountains from coal mining.
Alberta reinstates 1976 coal policy after massive public outcry
The Alberta government says powerful public protest persuaded it to reinstate a policy that has kept open-pit coal mines out of the Rocky Mountains for almost 45 years.
The fall of Jason Kenney
The Alberta premier's chest-thumping style isn't winning him many friends these days, writes journalist Bruce Livesey.
Alberta will restore some coal-mining policy protections
The Alberta government says it plans to restore some aspects of a policy it revoked last spring that protected a wide swath of the province's foothills and mountains from coal mines.
Kenney defends coal policy change in Rocky Mountains amid growing opposition
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says Albertans have no cause to worry over his government quietly throwing out a coal policy that protected the Rocky Mountains for more than four decades.