Coal

• Controversial Alberta coal mine could soon get green energy makeover

  Energy producers are hoping turn Tent Mountain's historic mining operation -- and its water-filled mining pits -- into a new stream of renewable energy.

  Environment

  Mar 16
  
• 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
  
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• New Alberta energy minister to keep coal moratorium, consider well cleanup breaks

  Alberta Energy Minister Peter Guthrie confirmed he has no plans to withdraw the order — although he wouldn't say how long it will remain.

  Environment

  Nov 8, 2022
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• Saskatchewan SMR concept met with varying opinions from researchers, community

  The provincial government has announced their plans to bring a small modular reactor (SMR) to Saskatchewan and has named Estevan as a potential location.

  Canada

  Sep 27, 2022
• Environmental groups critical of work resumption at Cape Breton’s Donkin mine

  Environmental organizations are criticizing the Nova Scotia government's decision to allow work to resume at Cape Breton's Donkin coal mine following a two-year closure.

  Environment

  Sep 15, 2022
• How Summerside — and Prince Edward Island — are leading the energy revolution in Canada

  From wind farms to giant solar parks, big things are happening in Summerside, PEI, a city on the East Coast of Canada with a can-do attitude

  Environment

  Jul 28, 2022
• As Europe bakes, Germany reckons with a return to coal

  If a massive coal mine grows to meet surging energy demands in Germany, then what's left of Lützerath – a symbol of the fight to block coal – will be no more.

  Environment

  Jul 19, 2022
• Alberta organizations draft their own coal policy

  A new policy created by stakeholders across Alberta was based on the available public input submitted to the government's Coal Policy Committee.

  Canada

  May 27, 2022
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• Alberta town endorses community-developed policy saying no to coal mining in Rockies

  The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society says High River has joined 30 organizations to endorse the document called "A Coal Policy for Alberta — 2022 and Beyond."

  Environment

  May 25, 2022
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• New study suggests Atlantic Loop needed as part of energy mix as coal is phased out

  It will be important for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to find sources of electricity to complement the future Atlantic Loop because they still have coal-fired generating plants.

  Environment

  May 22, 2022