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Share Alberta reversed course on its plans to allow for surface coal mining in the eastern slopes of the Rockies earlier this week, but that doesn t mean the region won t face any pressure from coal developments. Photo: Shutterstock
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9 things that haven’t changed since Alberta’s about-face on coal mining policy
The United Conservative Party was backed into a corner on its decision to open up the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains to open-pit mines. But it hasn t completely abandoned its push to allow more coal projects in the province 9 min read
let’s-see-if-we-can-slip-this-one-past-them coal policy change last May.
For any government, let alone a conservative administration under the control of Premier Jason Kenney, to step back from a terrible policy decision is rare.…