Alberta Coal

• Alberta, coal lobbyists talked for years about more open-pit mining in the Rockies: documents

  Documents released via freedom of information laws show Alberta bureaucrats were working as early as October 2019 on ways to remedy what they called 'underinvestment' in the area.

  Politics

  Apr 16
  
• Judge orders Alberta government to produce massive trove of coal documents

  The ruling comes in response to an attempt by the United Conservative government to block the release of the documents to a group of southern Alberta ranchers.

  Politics

  Apr 15
  
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• Alberta Appeal Court dismisses Genesee coal mine company’s lawsuit alleging expropriation

  Altius, which owns the Genesee coal mine that feeds the Genesee power plant west of Edmonton, lost in Court of King's Bench but took its case to the Alberta Court of Appeal.

  Canada

  Apr 4
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• Canada’s coal exports up again in 2023 as government’s promised ban elusive

  The boom in exports of the kind of coal burned to make electricity comes as Canada leads a charge to end the use of coal as a source of power worldwide.

  Environment

  Mar 29
• Federal officials say Alberta coal mine moving ahead without permits

  Environmental groups want Ottawa to enforce its rules on an Alberta coal site that has started building an underground test mine without the proper permits. 

  Canada

  Mar 7
• Country musician Corb Lund criticizes Alberta minister over coal application support

  Corb Lund says that after meeting with Energy Minister Brian Jean, he doesn't believe the minister knows enough about the issue.

  Economy

  Feb 24
• Alberta Energy Regulator accepts Rockies coal mine application, will call public hearing

  Alberta's energy regulator says it will accept an application and open hearings into a controversial open-pit coal mine on the southern slopes of the province's Rocky Mountains.

  Economy

  Feb 23
• ‘Advanced application’ for Rocky Mountain coal mine stirs controversy

  Alberta Energy Regulator suggests because the application for Grassy Mountain was filed years before the ministerial order, it is exempt from the moratorium.

  Environment

  Sep 29, 2023
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• Alberta NDP asks minister to quash application for Rocky Mountain coal mine

  In a letter to Brian Jean, environment critic Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse says he should tell the Alberta Energy Regulator to reject applications from Northback Holdings.

  Environment

  Sep 26, 2023
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• Head of Alberta commission on Rocky Mountain coal mining concerned over new applications

  Last week, an Australia-based company resurrected a proposal for the Grassy Mountain steelmaking coal mine in southern Alberta, applying for three licences from the AER.

  Environment

  Sep 25, 2023