The author argues the landscape, the water and the gross domestic product of agriculture in southern Alberta are worth defending.
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The coal mine project that will not die
In the recent pronouncement from Alberta’s minister of energy that the proposed Grassy Mountain coal mine near Blairmore, Alta., is still an “advanced project,” one might conclude he believes in the living dead. Nothing, it seems, is ever dead. It just waits in a moribund condition for the kiss of life from a government out […] Read more
Alta. coal battles keep returning
The persistence of Benga, now renamed Northback, an Australian mining company, is testament to never accepting “no” for an answer. Money has paved the way for an intensive lobbying effort with Alberta politicians and bureaucrats, only exceeded by the effort displayed by the petroleum industry. The Grassy Mountain coal mine proposal in Alberta’s eastern slopes […] Read more
Coal mining fears resurface on Eastern Slopes
Company attempts to gain approval from Alberta Energy Regulator to begin drilling and exploration at Grassy Mountain
A company’s bid to start coal exploration at Grassy Mountain in Alberta’s Eastern Slopes has raised fears the initiative will renew a wider push for open-pit coal mining. It makes no sense to conduct coal mining that could potentially contaminate water used by farmers, ranchers and irrigation across southern Alberta, said High River mayor Craig […] Read more
