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Coal industry lobbied hard to change Coal Policy; CAC began effort after Alberta election


Coal industry lobbied hard to change Coal Policy; CAC began effort after Alberta election
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By Herald on March 9, 2021.
The Rockies loom large over the streets the communities in the Crowsnest Pass. Herald file photo by Al Beeber
Government records and other sources document the Alberta and international coal industry’s intense lobbying attempts to change Alberta’s regulatory system in the months leading into the changeover to the United Conservative Party government and in the year after, which eventually led to the rescindment of the 1976 Coal Policy.
According to documents filed by the Coal Association of Canada (CAC) with Alberta’s Lobby Registry, the timeline starts on Jan. 29, 2019 just a few months prior to the election, when the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) invited representatives of the CAC to form a joint Coal Sector Working Group, co-chaired by CAC president Robin Campbell, as the AER “began working on priorities to increase regu ....

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Months Before Albertans Were Told, Australian Miners Knew Plans to Axe Coal Policy


Investor presentations signalled the Kenney government aimed to open protected lands to open-pit mining.
Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more.
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Documents show Australian firms seeking open-pit coal mining leases in Alberta got signals protections to sensitive lands would be lifted, clearing the way. The public only found out months later, the day the Coal Policy was rescinded.
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Australian mining firms seeking to strip-mine metallurgical coal in Alberta’s eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains knew well ahead of Albertans that the government was planning to rescind a law that stood in the way. ....

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