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A coal-mining company with exploration leases in Alberta's Rocky Mountains is trying to figure out how the government's decision to restore protection of the land will affect its plans.
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Doubts are surfacing over the Alberta government’s decision to restore a policy that protects the Rocky Mountains from coal mining.
“I think [it] did a bait and switch and I’m very disappointed,” said Kevin Van Tighem, a Southern Alberta landowner and environmentalist.
Energy Minister Sonya Savage, after overwhelming public opposition, on Monday brought back a 1976 policy that keeps open-pit coal mines out of most of the province’s Rockies and foothills. She added that her government made the policy more rigorous.
A coal-mining company with exploration leases in Alberta s Rocky Mountains is trying to figure out how the government s decision to restore protection of the land will affect its plans."I m not sure . . .