NDP vows protection from coal mining for Eastern Slopes ableg abpoli
Calgary-Mountain View MLA Kathleen Ganley made the announcement alongside Banff-Kananaskis NDP candidate Sarah Elmeligi and Livingstone-Macleod NDP candidate Kevin Van Tighem.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter.
“An Alberta NDP government will protect the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains and our province and our province’s headwaters by banning coal mining in these sensitive areas,” said Ganley. Postmedia reached out to the province for a response to the NDP’s announcement but did not receive a response.
In May 2020, the UCP government repealed a 1976 coal policy, which opened the door to coal mining in the Eastern Slopes., which provide water to the rest of Alberta.“What we heard very clearly is how much Albertans care about the landscape, in particular the Eastern Slopes,” said then-energy minister Sonya Savage at the time the policy was reinstated. “What we’ve done, we’ve actually strengthened the 1976 coal policy, we reinstated it fully, and we have hard-wired the restrictions into place.
However, the move did allow seven existing coal mines and their exploration and development to continue. Four applications that had already gone to regulators for approval were allowed to continue that process.Article content
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