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The highly unpopular premier also characterized opponents of coal mining as urban snobs even though the majority of the opposition has come from his party’s angry base: ranchers, farmers, landowners and rural towns and municipalities. The government’s abrupt change of course follows weeks of protests from hundreds of thousands of Albertans from all walks of life and all political parties. They raised concerns about water security, selenium pollution (a legacy of open-pit coal mines), and the future of the province’s iconic eastern slopes. Landowner and conservation groups greeted today’s announcement with skepticism. “I’d call my response very guarded,” said Renie Blades, a third-generation rancher in Alberta’s foothills.

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