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Last week, provincial Energy Minister Sonya Savage set a date for the start of public consultations on a “modern coal policy” for Alberta.
While no details have been announced yet, the government says the consultations set to begin March 29 will engage Albertans in the development of a coal policy that will “protect the areas Albertans cherish while allowing responsible resource development in the appropriate places.”
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But does coal have a future in a province where 100,000 people from all backgrounds and political stripes signed petitions opposing new mines in the Rockies? Postmedia talked to those on all sides of the issue to explore if there is a path forward for the development of the coal industry in Alberta, or if this is a resource destined to be left in the ground.
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