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On June 1, 2020, the Government of Alberta rescinded A Coal Development Policy for Alberta, which
was also commonly known as the "1976 Coal Policy". The
authors published
Alberta to Rescind Coal Development
Policy, on the implications of the Government of
Alberta's decision to rescind the Policy and outlined the next
steps for interested coal lease applicants.
It has been just over eight months since the 1976 Coal Policy
was rescinded, and the decision continues to garner significant
public attention. Several municipal governments and First Nations
have adopted resolutions demanding reinstatement of the Policy,