Reports on the future of coal mining submitted to Alberta
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Alberta’s energy minister says she has received two reports that will determine the future of coal mining in the province’s Rocky Mountain foothills and eastern slopes.
Alberta’s energy minister says she has received two reports that will determine the future of coal mining in the province’s Rocky Mountain foothills and eastern slopes.
Sonya Savage has issued a statement saying the independent coal policy committee has submitted both an engagement report and a final report, which makes recommendations to the government.
She says the United Conservative government will take the necessary time to review the reports’ findings and recommendations before releasing them publicly.
At least six companies snapped up large tracts of land — much of it previously untouched and all of it home to the province’s headwaters.
Public reaction was swift and angry, uniting urban nature-lovers, rural ranchers and country music stars, and Savage was forced to reinstate the protections and stop selling exploration leases.
She then struck the panel to hear from Albertans. That panel received more than 1,000 emailed documents and 170 detailed written submissions, along with associated materials from 67 meetings across the province.
