Meanwhile, signatures on two petitions on Facebook opposing the UPC government’s pro-coal mining moves surged past 100,000.
Last March, at the beginning of the pandemic, the Jason Kenney government quietly revoked the province’s 44-year-old Coal Policy.
The visionary policy, created by former premier Peter Lougheed after extensive public consultation, said most of the eastern slopes of the Rockies should remain off limits to mountain-top removal in order to protect water security, wildlife and the area’s beauty.
Kenney’s axing of the policy immediately opened up 1.5 million hectares of the Rockies for coal development, including the headwaters of major rivers in the South and North Saskatchewan river basins.
Ranchers are taking time out of their fields, farms and pastures to voice concern over a provincial government policy following public criticism from country stars Corb Lund and Paul Brandt .
Alberta calls parks policy a victory despite climbdown claims
The Alberta government says its new parks announcement is a clear victory, not a climbdown. But Tuesday s announcement by the United Conservative government was seen differently by others.
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Posted: Dec 23, 2020 9:10 PM MT | Last Updated: December 24, 2020
In March, Environment Minister Jason Nixon announced the province was closing 20 provincial parks and removing 164 protected areas from the parks list. On Tuesday, the government announced no parks would be delisted or closed.(Wallis Snowdon/CBC)
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