LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. The Livingstone Landowners Group says it hopes the Alberta government and province s coal consultation committee will heed the findings of a new report that recommends coal mining in the headwaters of the Oldman River not proceed. “What this is demonstrating is one coal mine is a problem. Two coal mines are a bigger problem,” said LLG Secretary Bobbi Lambright. “And if we got more coal mines, then you’ve got a huge problem,” The study, conducted by scientists and ecologists with the Alces Group, an environmental consulting company, concluded new coal mines on the Eastern Slopes would have a significant and irreversible impact on the Oldman River watershed.
Share Australian-based Montem Resources is proposing to re-start coal mining at Tent Mountain, an area that hasn t seen mining activities for approximately 40 years. Advocates are concerned about the mine s impacts on wildlife, Indigenous rights and water quality, and are asking the federal government to step in to assess the project. Photo: Callum Gunn
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Proposed coal mine in Alberta Rockies faces growing calls for federal review
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A broad coalition of landowners, conservation advocates and First Nations community members has requested Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson require a federal impact assessment of the Tent Mountain mine project, a proposed coal mine in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains.
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A fourth request has been made to the federal government to get involved in the environmental review of a coal mine proposed for Alberta’s Rocky Mountains.
Landowners, Indigenous people and environmental groups have sent a letter to Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson asking for a joint federal-provincial review of Montem Resource’s Tent Mountain project.
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“It’s important for the minister to understand that the concern is quite widespread,” said Bobbi Lambright of the Livingstone Landowners Group, one of the signatories to the letter.
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A fourth request has been made to the federal government to get involved in the environmental review of a coal mine proposed for Alberta s Rocky Mountains.
Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson responds during question period in the House of Commons on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020 in Ottawa. A third request has been made to the federal government to get involved in the review of a coal mine proposed for Alberta s Rocky Mountains. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
A fourth request has been made to the federal government to get involved in the environmental review of a coal mine proposed for Alberta s Rocky Mountains.
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