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Recent Media Coverage on Coal Threat

Overview of Coverage

Alta. gov’t posts terms of reference for coal consultation

Another request made to federal government to join coal mine environmental review in Alberta

B.C. under pressure as U.S. EPA releases selenium pollution standard for water near Elk Valley coal mines

Coal Industry lobbied hard to change coal policy: CAC began effort after the Alberta Election

When Is Mountaintop Removal Not Mountaintop Removal? In Alberta, of Course!

Coal consultations to start March 29: Government urged to stop mining exploration until process is completed

Opinion: What Alberta’s public consultation on coal should look like

Alberta First Nations oppose coal expansion in Rocky Mountains

Don’t Be Fooled: Alberta is Still Playing The Coal Game

Bait and Switch: Questions Arise Over What Reinstated Coal Policy Protects

Critics Skeptical as Alberta Reverses Position on Open-Pit Coal Mines

Majority of Albertans opposed to expanded coal mining operations: poll

Opinion: Don’t let coal’s economic promise blind us to the cost

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

Alberta’s backdoor plan to free up water for coal

Global News Mining For Truth Series

Water Allocation change proposed in Alberta

Contaminant from coal mines already high in some Alberta rivers: unreported data

Tyee articles related to Alberta Coal Policy

Global News articles related to Alberta Coal Policy

First They Come For the Coal (letter)

Coal, Calcite and Cutthroats

Opponents of Grassy Mountain coal project concerned about 'decapitating' mountain top

Opponents to Grassy Mountain coal project voice their concerns

Historic Alberta coal community wrestles with plans for new mining

Mountaintop coal mine hearings to begin amidst fears of pollution, development rush

Selenium’s impact on the environment

Alberta ranchers fear loss of grazing lands due to proposed coal mine

The Australian Invasion: Big Coal’s Plans for Alberta

Concerns about open pit coal mining in the Crowsnest Pass - CTV news coverage

CBC Radio interview with Andrew Nikiforuk on the impact of rescinding the coal policy

Conservationists raise flags about $700M coal mine proposed for Crowsnest Pass

Grassy Mountain Coal hoping for swift approval as groups such as AWA raise concerns about long-term impact

Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart woos Canadians, hoping to build big coal mine in Rocky Mountains

Alberta’s Environment Minister Cheered on Coal Mining in New Areas before Restrictions Were Dropped

Months before ending the Coal Policy, the Kenney government issued letters of support for open-pit projects.

The Risks of Surface Coal Mining

Retired fish and wildlife biologist, Richard Quinlan, described his experience with surface coal mine protection failures in Central Alberta.

Crowsnest Pass At A Crossroads

Retired medical doctor and LLG member, Allan Garbutt, shares his review of the likely health impacts associated with the proposed Grassy Mountain Coal Mine.

What Kenney Had to Kill to Embrace Coal

Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist. This article focuses on how Alberta’s 1976 Coal Policy protected vital drinking water supplies for much of the province. That’s gone now.

Ranchers fear loss of grazing lands due to coal mining projects

Third generation ranchers and others raise concerns that public use of previously protected lands, water quality of Oldman River watershed are threatened after Alberta rescinds coal development legislation

Coal Mining On the Eastern Slopes

Danielle Smith interviews Bill Trafford, independent consultant in the health care sector and President of the Livingstone Landowners Group - a group or ranchers and landowners in South West Alberta along the Eastern Slopes of the Livingstone Range.

Alberta’s renewed bet on coal: what Kenney’s policy shift means for mining, parks and at-risk species

The UCP government has rescinded a decades-old policy that restricted coal mining in parts of the Rocky Mountains and Foothills, setting the stage for coal mining expansion

Coal miner Teck baffled by fish collapse downstream of British Columbia mines

Major Gaps in Mining Regulations

Missed on-site inspections, gaps in data and a lack of monitoring among concerns among the significant and rather startling gaps in Canada’s regulation and monitoring of mines, according to environment commissioner Julie Gelfand’s latest report. The new audit looks specifically at Environment and Climate Change Canada and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to assess how well these departments are doing at protecting fish from mines.

Link to Publication

The Western Producer - April 19, 2021

Canadian Press - April 6, 2021

The Narwhal - March 8, 2021

The Lethbridge Herald - March 10, 2021

The Tyee - March 5, 2021

The Calgary Herald - Feb 25, 2021

Global News - Feb. 24, 2021

The Tyee - Feb 10, 2021

CBC - Feb. 9, 2021

The Tyee - Feb 8, 2021

CTV - Feb 8, 2021