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Categories 1 and 2 restricted open pit mining, whereas categories 3 and 4 allowed it.
The province’s “hasty” decision to allow mining in Category 2 areas, particularly in the Crowsnest Pass region, “will be an environmental disaster that cannot be undone,” Siksika leadership who are working with the Kainai First Nation on the challenge said in a statement.
“Several coal mine projects are being proposed in very sensitive and mostly undisturbed areas of the Crowsnest Pass Region that have the potential to impact Grizzlies, Big Horn Sheep, Bull Trout, the largest herd of Elk in Alberta as well as the headwaters of the Oldman and Livingstone Rivers, which are source water to Kainai and Piikani reserve lands,” the statement reads.
Opposition to Alberta s attempt to expand coal mining in the Rocky Mountains is growing with two more towns expressing concerns and a legislature member with the governing United Conservatives . . .
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Alberta s provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa on June 30, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld February 02, 2021 - 4:07 PM
Opposition to Alberta s attempt to expand coal mining in the Rocky Mountains is growing with two more towns expressing concerns and a legislature member with the governing United Conservatives backing them up.
The town council of Turner Valley in southern Alberta approved a letter Monday night that asks the province to issue a stop-work order on coal exploration and to restore previous protection for the eastern slopes until public consultations can be held. This is the equivalent of us (council) repealing all our zoning bylaws and allowing a tuna-canning facility to open right in your beautiful neighbourhood without asking your opinion, said Coun. Jamie Wilkie.
Alberta s provincial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa on June 30, 2020. File photo by The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
Opposition to Alberta s attempt to expand coal mining in the Rocky Mountains is growing with two more towns expressing concerns and a legislature member with the governing United Conservatives backing them up.
The town council of Turner Valley in southern Alberta approved a letter Monday night that asks the province to issue a stop-work order on coal exploration and to restore previous protection for the eastern slopes until public consultations can be held. This is the equivalent of us (council) repealing all our zoning bylaws and allowing a tuna-canning facility to open right in your beautiful neighbourhood without asking your opinion, said Coun. Jamie Wilkie.