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A Federal Court ruling Tuesday has thrown out a decision from federal Environmental Minister Steven Guilbeault denying a permit for an open-pit coal mine in the Alberta Rockies.

A Federal Court ruling Tuesday has thrown out a decision from federal Environmental Minister Steven Guilbeault denying a permit for an open-pit coal mine in the Alberta Rockies.

The provinces Official Opposition said its received thousands of letters from Albertans who are against a plan to explore coal mining in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.

Austrialian-based Northback Holdings has resurrected a proposal for a steelmaking coal mine on Grassy Mountain in the Crowsnest Pass

How can an Australian open-pit coal mining project unequivocally denied by a joint review panel as well as two courts of appeal still be regarded as an “advanced coal project” by Alberta regulators?

The company that had its application for a coal exploration project in the eastern slopes of the Rockies cancelled by the Canadian government is trying to revive the idea.

Alberta Energy Regulator suggests because the application for Grassy Mountain was filed years before the ministerial order, it is exempt from the moratorium.

Northback, formerly known as Benga Mining, appears to be attempting to resurrect the Grassy Mountain project, a proposed coal mine rejected by the provincial and federal governments.

At least two members of the group that recommended a pause on coal mining in Albertas Rocky Mountains are concerned the provinces regulator appears to have accepted applications to renew an already twice-denied project, in seeming contradiction of government policy.

At least two members of the group that recommended a pause on coal mining in Alberta's Rocky Mountains are concerned the province's regulator appears to