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Share An aerial view of a Rocky Mountain coal mine in B.C. s Elk Valley near the B.C.-Alberta border. This past summer the Alberta government opened up much of the eastern slopes of the Rockies to similar coal mines but reversed course after significant public backlash. Photo: Callum Gunn
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How a public uprising caused a province built on fossil fuels to reverse course on coal mining
Country music stars, conservationists and tens of thousands of Albertans came together to roll back plans for mountaintop-removal mining in the Rockies 10 min read
Last May on a Friday afternoon before a long weekend Alberta’s United Conservative Party government quietly announced it was rescinding a policy that dated back to 1976.
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EDMONTON - Doubts are surfacing over the Alberta government's decision to restore a policy that protects the Rocky Mountains from coal mining."I think (.
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