Newsletter Photo by Albert Hyseni on Unsplash Feds block Grassy Mountain coal mine The federal government says the proposed Grassy Mountain coal project in southwestern Alberta cannot proceed.
Causes The fate of the Canadian Rockies may rest on this decision Approving the Grassy Mountain Coal Project could enable industrializing Alberta’s sensitive and vital eastern slopes.
Causes thetyee.ca Trust Alberta’s energy regulator to safeguard coal mines? The Kenney government says yes, but the agency has a messy track record.
Causes 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.
Newsletter Loads of coal disinformation from the Kenney government How Alberta’s energy and environment ministers misled on open-pit mining plans.
Politics Singers, ranchers and environmentalists are now battling Kenney’s coal plan Province’s move to allow coal mines in protected mountains is creating a rising wave of broad-based opposition.
