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The Alberta government introduced a turn-off-the-taps law in 2018 during a spat with neighbouring B.C. about the expansion of the TransMountain oil pipeline. Construction of the pipeline is now proceeding, but the B.C. government has challenged Alberta s law in court.(Terry Reith/CBC)
Share As backlash erupted last year in response to the Alberta government s plans to open up large swaths of the Rocky Mountain region to metallurgical coal mines, alternative plans were already afoot in the global steel-making industry. Companies have introduced technologies that could eliminate their centuries-old reliance on metallurgical coal, including plans to be entirely free of fossil fuels in just over 20 years. Photo: Shutterstock
“We’re going down to zero.”
That’s what Thomas Hörnfeldt, vice president of sustainable business at the Swedish-based steel-maker SSAB, told The Narwhal of his company’s carbon emissions.
Hörnfeldt spoke to me on a video call from his office in Stockholm, a virtual backdrop of a picturesque Swedish canal flickering behind his office chair. He proudly displays a small piece of what he described as SSAB’s first fossil-fuel-free steel on his desk.
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Groups and individuals concerned about the impact of coal mining in the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains are expressing “extreme disappointment” after the government quietly released terms of reference for the upcoming public consultation process.
Alberta government appoints independent committee to lead coal policy engagement Posted by: fitzhugh Posted date:
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Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage during an announcement in Edmonton on Friday, April 24, 2020. | Chris Schwarz/Government of Alberta photo
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Alberta has appointed an independent committee to lead public engagement that would inform the development of a modern coal policy.
The UCP government says the coal policy committee, which will design and conduct this engagement, is composed of Albertans with various backgrounds and perspectives.
“Albertans have made it clear they want a say in where and how coal is developed in our province,” said Energy Minister Sonya Savage in a March 29 release.