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The highly unpopular premier also characterized opponents of coal mining as urban snobs even though the majority of the opposition has come from his party’s angry base: ranchers, farmers, landowners and rural towns and municipalities.
The government’s abrupt change of course follows weeks of protests from hundreds of thousands of Albertans from all walks of life and all political parties.
They raised concerns about water security, selenium pollution (a legacy of open-pit coal mines), and the future of the province’s iconic eastern slopes.
Landowner and conservation groups greeted today’s announcement with skepticism.
“I’d call my response very guarded,” said Renie Blades, a third-generation rancher in Alberta’s foothills.
Dear editor,
There’s been much discussion regarding the Open Pit Coal Mines planned for the Eastern Slopes. Alberta’s government willingly tangled itself in a net of challenges, and has now decided to take on sculpting our Rocky Mountains down to find coal!
Days were spent listening to the AER hearings in October that bandied terms like remediation, economic relief, natural impacts and cultural effects, as if once ‘rules and policies’ are established, it’ll be just fine. But we’ve seen the result of some of these projects, and it ain’t purty!
A footprint on a grand scale is morphing into a monster, which is extremely troubling, even in its initial stages of exploration and assessment.