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Alberta energy minister announces date for start of coal consultations, no other details

February 23, 2021 Canuck Alberta coal, Alberta Coal Mining, Alberta coal mining policy, alberta sonya savage, energy minister sonya savage, Environment, Politics, Sonya Savage, UCP, United Conservative Government

By Bob Weber The Canadian Press Posted February 23, 2021 5:30 pm Updated February 23, 2021 6:06 pm

Calgary

Coal scientist warns Albertans of contamination from mining

February 16, 2021 Canuck Alberta 1976 coal policy, Alberta coal, Alberta Coal Mining, Alberta coal mining policy, Alberta Coal Policy, Alberta Rockies, coal mines, Crowsnest Pass, Environment, grassy mountain, Rocky Mountain coal mining, selenium contamination

One of North America’s top experts on pollution from coal mines is warning Albertans about the dangers of expanding the

Edmonton

Saskatchewan environmental groups welcome reinstatement of Alberta coal policy

February 9, 2021 Canuck 1976 coal policy, Alberta 1976 coal policy, Alberta coal, Alberta coal exploration, Alberta Coal Mines, Alberta Coal Mining, Alberta Coal Policy, Coal Mining, Environment, News, Sask water, Saskatchewan Environment, Saskatchewan Water, Sonya Savage

The Alberta government’s pledge to reinstate a ban on open-pit coal mining in a large section of the Rocky Mountains

Calgary

Changes to Alberta coal policy coming next week after public uproar

February 5, 2021 Canuck Alberta coal, Alberta Coal Mining, Alberta Coal Policy, alberta coal pollution, Alberta Energy Minister, Canada, Coal, Coal Mining, coal policy, Environment, Politics

The Alberta energy minister’s office is revealing that news on the government’s coal policy is expected next week. This comes

Regina

Changes to Alberta coal policy coming next week after province-wide outrage

February 5, 2021 Canuck Alberta coal, Alberta Coal Mining, Alberta Coal Policy, alberta coal pollution, Alberta Energy Minister, Coal, Coal Mining, coal policy, Environment, Politics

The Alberta government plans to release news next week to restore at least some aspects of a coal policy it

Calgary

Mining companies knew about coal policy removal long before Albertans

February 3, 2021 Canuck Alberta Coal Mining, Alberta Coal Policy, alberta coal pollution, Coal, Coal Mining, coal policy, Corb Lund, Economy, Environment

The mining industry was aware that the Alberta coal mining policy was going to be rescinded long before the public

Edmonton

Alberta promises close watch on new mines but cuts oversight of coal polluted rivers

February 1, 2021 Canuck Alberta coal, Alberta Coal Mines, Alberta Coal Mining, Alberta Environment, Alberta polluted rivers, Alberta rivers, Alberta Rockies, Alberta Rocky Mountain coal mining, Canada, Environment, Politics, Rocky Mountain coal, Rocky Mountain coal mining

Alberta government documents show repeated cuts to environmental monitoring despite contaminants in some waterways that exceed thresholds that are supposed

Calgary

Metallurgical coal exploration in Alberta unearths anger

January 22, 2021 Canuck Alberta, Alberta coal, Alberta Coal Mines, Alberta Coal Mining, Alberta economy, Alberta Rocky Mountains, Alberta Steel Production, Canada, Coal, Coal Mine, Environment, John Smith Nanton Alberta, John Smith Rancher Alberta, Kevin Van Tighem, Laura Laing Alberta, Laura Laing Nanton, Open-pit Coal Mining, riversdale resources

Alberta is banking on metallurgic coal mining, the kind use to make steel, to be a new source of cash

Calgary

As Alberta debates coal mining, industry already affecting once protected Rockies

January 21, 2021 Canuck Alberta Coal Mining, Canadian Coal mining, coal exploration, Coal Mining, Coal mining in Alberta, Coal mining in Canada, Coal mining in the Rockies, Coal mining in the Rocky Mountains, Economy, Environment, Kevin Van Tighem, rocky mountain

Coal mining is already having an impact in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains even as debate intensifies over the industry’s presence in