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Alberta’s premier keeps talking up mining. Is that why he’s so slow to reveal his Coal Policy Committee’s report?

Alberta premier’s year-end interview shows his government still wants coal mines in the once-protected Rockies.

Investor presentations signalled the Kenney government aimed to open protected lands to open-pit mining. Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more. SHARES Documents show Australian firms seeking open-pit coal mining leases in Alberta got signals protections to sensitive lands would be lifted, clearing the way. The public only found out months later, the ...

How Alberta’s energy and environment ministers misled on open-pit mining plans. Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more. SHARES Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage with Premier Jason Kenney at a 2019 press conference. Neither made a public appearance in the face of a public backlash against the government’s easing of coal mining. Photo by Jason Fra...