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Alberta UCP's coal mining about-face: 9 things that haven't changed

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Alberta reversed course on its plans to allow for surface coal mining in the eastern slopes of the Rockies earlier this week, but that doesn t mean the region won t face any pressure from coal developments. Photo: Shutterstock
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9 things that haven’t changed since Alberta’s about-face on coal mining policy
The United Conservative Party was backed into a corner on its decision to open up the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains to open-pit mines. But it hasn t completely abandoned its push to allow more coal projects in the province
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Singers, Ranchers and Environmentalists Are Now Battling Kenney's Coal Plan

Meanwhile, signatures on two petitions on Facebook opposing the UPC government’s pro-coal mining moves surged past 100,000.
Last March, at the beginning of the pandemic, the Jason Kenney government quietly revoked the province’s 44-year-old Coal Policy.
The visionary policy, created by former premier Peter Lougheed after extensive public consultation, said most of the eastern slopes of the Rockies should remain off limits to mountain-top removal in order to protect water security, wildlife and the area’s beauty.
Kenney’s axing of the policy immediately opened up 1.5 million hectares of the Rockies for coal development, including the headwaters of major rivers in the South and North Saskatchewan river basins. ....

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