Share Australian-based Montem Resources is proposing to re-start coal mining at Tent Mountain, an area that hasn t seen mining activities for approximately 40 years. Advocates are concerned about the mine s impacts on wildlife, Indigenous rights and water quality, and are asking the federal government to step in to assess the project. Photo: Callum Gunn
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Proposed coal mine in Alberta Rockies faces growing calls for federal review
The Tent Mountain project, currently pegged for provincial review, narrowly skirts the production threshold that would automatically trigger a more-stringent federal process 11 min read
A broad coalition of landowners, conservation advocates and First Nations community members has requested Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson require a federal impact assessment of the Tent Mountain mine project, a proposed coal mine in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains.