Share Australian-based Montem Resources is proposing to re-start coal mining at Tent Mountain, an area that hasn t seen mining activities for approximately 40 years. Advocates are concerned about the mine s impacts on wildlife, Indigenous rights and water quality, and are asking the federal government to step in to assess the project. Photo: Callum Gunn
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Proposed coal mine in Alberta Rockies faces growing calls for federal review
The Tent Mountain project, currently pegged for provincial review, narrowly skirts the production threshold that would automatically trigger a more-stringent federal process 11 min read
A broad coalition of landowners, conservation advocates and First Nations community members has requested Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson require a federal impact assessment of the Tent Mountain mine project, a proposed coal mine in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains.
Notley said the bill proposes that coal exploration across the eastern slopes of the Rockies be blocked and road-building and drilling halted.
If passed, the bill would cancel leases issued after the United Conservative government scrapped a policy last May that once protected the land and would stop the province s energy regulator from issuing development permits.
Open-pit mines would permanently be prohibited in the most environmentally sensitive areas and mines elsewhere would be prevented until a land-use plan for the region was developed. It is, in essence, a continuation of the . coal policy along with the natural extension of applying more science, more consultation in an evidence-based way, Notley said.
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The Alberta Opposition is proposing legislation that it says would protect the province’s Rocky Mountains from new open-pit coal mines.
“What it’s about is giving voice to the hundreds of thousands of Albertans who have begged this government to stop their plans to coal mine in the Rocky Mountains,” said NDP Leader Rachel Notley before introducing a private member’s bill Wednesday.
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EDMONTON - The Alberta Opposition is proposing legislation that it says would protect the province s Rocky Mountains from new open-pit coal mines.
Alberta Opposition Leader Rachel Notley speaks at a news conference in Edmonton on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. The NDP leader has tabled a private member s bill in the legislature that she says would protect the province s Rocky Mountains from new open-pit coal mines. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
EDMONTON - The Alberta Opposition is proposing legislation that it says would protect the province s Rocky Mountains from new open-pit coal mines.
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