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Approving the Grassy Mountain Coal Project could enable industrializing Alberta’s sensitive and vital eastern slopes.

Eastern Slopes mining opponents need to be heard by the provincial government Poll Yes By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on May 6, 2021. Our Alberta Rockies, the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, our trees and trails, the animals and birds roaming its forests, the fish in its streams and rivers, the Red Deer, the Bow, the Old Man, the North and the South Saskatchewan: These were protected by policy set out in 1976 by then-premier Peter Lougheed. Lougheed, after wide public consultation, agree...

Article content A British Columbia First Nation has joined calls for the federal government to step in on the environmental review of a proposed open-pit coal mine in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains. The Ktunaxa First Nation, the first group outside Alberta to ask for Ottawa’s involvement, says it has little faith in the province’s ability to hear their concerns over Montem Resources’ Tent Mountain project. They say it would have effects beyond the provincial boundary, impairing their ability...

Editor: The government of Peter Lougheed implemented the Coal Policy after substantial consultation and expert review over a period of four years. They

First Nations, coal companies asking Alberta for better consultation on mines Poll Already booked EDMONTON – Five First Nations and three coal companies have written the Alberta government to ask for better Indigenous consultation on proposed mines in the Rocky Mountains. The United Conservative government wants to expand the industry and land belonging to the First Nations spans most of the area being considered for coal exploration. The coal companies involved with the letter are Cabin Ri...

EDMONTON - Five First Nations and three coal companies have written the Alberta government to ask for better Indigenous consultation on proposed mines in the Rocky Mountains.

First Nations, coal companies asking Alberta for better consultation on mines by The Canadian Press Last Updated Apr 27, 2021 at 1:44 pm EDT EDMONTON — Five First Nations and three coal companies have written the Alberta government to ask for better Indigenous consultation on proposed mines in the Rocky Mountains. The United Conservative government wants to expand the industry and land belonging to the First Nations spans most of the area being considered for coal exploration. The coal compan...

Share Australian-based Montem Resources is proposing to re-start coal mining at Tent Mountain, an area that hasnt seen mining activities for approximately 40 years. Advocates are concerned about the mines impacts on wildlife, Indigenous rights and water quality, and are asking the federal government to step in to assess the project. Photo: Callum Gunn News Proposed coal mine in Alberta Rockies faces growing calls for federal review The Tent...

  LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. -- Levi Williams-Whitney is one of many Albertans worried about proposed coal-mining projects in southern Alberta. In December, he posted photos and video of mining activity on Grassy Mountain just north of Blairemore, where Australian company Benga Mining LTD (Riversdale Resources)owns a significant piece of land. Hes since been handed a fine for trespassing to which he plead not guilty on Tuesday in a Pincher Creek court. Williams-Whitney said the situation is about ...

Article content Last week, provincial Energy Minister Sonya Savage set a date for the start of public consultations on a “modern coal policy” for Alberta. While no details have been announced yet, the government says the consultations — set to begin March 29 — will engage Albertans in the development of a coal policy that will “protect the areas Albertans cherish while allowing responsible resource development in the appropriate places.” We apologize, but this video has failed to lo...