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Alberta’s ineffective mountaintop mining ban
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Alberta’s mountaintop mining ban won’t affect proposed Rockies coal mines

When the government said it would put an 'outright ban on mountaintop mining,' many Albertans rejoiced. But Alberta's energy regulator says that only applies if the top of a mountain is 'completely' removed.

U.S. senators to Horgan: clean up B.C.’s mining mess
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U.S. senators to Horgan: clean up B.C.’s mining mess

In an unprecedented letter signed by both Democrats and Republicans, American senators flag a lack of provincial oversight of B.C.'s metal and coal mining industry as trouble for downstream communities.

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