Coal Mining

• Alberta ranching community appeals regulator’s decision to accept coal exploration

  An Alberta ranching community is fighting a planned hearing on proposed coal exploration in the Rocky Mountains.

  Environment

  Jun 3
  
• Alberta to appeal judge’s ruling ordering release of documents on Rocky Mountain coal mining

  The lawyer for the ranchers who requested the documents under freedom of information laws is confirming the decision from Alberta Energy.

  Environment

  Apr 25
  
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• Federal Court allows judicial review of Rocky Mountain coal mine denied by panel

  A Federal Court ruling has thrown out a decision from federal Environmental Minister Steven Guilbeault denying a permit for an open-pit coal mine in the Alberta Rockies.

  Politics

  Feb 14
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• Contamination from old Alberta coal mines raises cleanup questions

  The findings raise questions about who is responsible for cleaning up legacy industrial sites.

  Environment

  Jan 30
• Mining company applies for Grassy Mountain drilling permit

  The company, formerly known as Benga Mining Limited, says it's proposing to drill a total of 46 boreholes during the 2023 and 2024 exploration seasons.

  Features

  Sep 19, 2023
• Nova Scotia’s Donkin coal mine cited for safety violations since fall reopening

  Nova Scotia's Labour Department has cited the Donkin coal mine for a lengthy list of safety violations since the underground operation in Cape Breton reopened in mid-September.

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2023
• Alberta government won’t release data on snowpack contamination from coal mines

  The Canadian Press contacted an Alberta scientist not employed by the province who has seen the data and confirms it exists.

  Canada

  Jan 6, 2023
• Indigenous communities call on U.S. to confront Canada’s toxic mining runoff at border

  Indigenous communities in B.C., Washington state, Idaho and Montana have been contending with toxins leaching into their watershed from coal mining operations.

  Environment

  Dec 11, 2022
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• Pristine Alberta lake contaminated by dust from mountaintop coal mines: study

  The paper, published last week in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, concludes that it's crucial to consider more than just downstream effects from such mines.

  Environment

  Nov 3, 2022
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• First Nations angered by delays in joint probe of cross-border contamination from coal mines

  First Nations and environmentalists say they are angry the federal and B.C. governments continue to stonewall U.S. requests for a joint investigation of contamination from mining.

  Canada

  Oct 21, 2022