Coal mining in the Rocky Mountains
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- Published on Sunday, 29 November -0001 16:00
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Demand a federal review
Hi Paov,
I grew up west of Calgary, with the Rocky Mountains on my doorstep. They inspired my love of nature from a young age.
That’s why it’s meant so much to me to see Albertans stand up to defend them.
When Premier Jason Kenney wanted to remove a long-standing policy limiting coal mining in the eastern slopes of the Rockies, a huge coalition of local ranchers, Indigenous people, environmentalists and even country music stars forced them to back down.
But several proposed coal mines remain in the area. Tent Mountain on the BC-Alberta border is the largest — designed to remain just under the threshold for a federal review. Will you tell Canada’s environment minister that’s unacceptable?
At 4,925 tonnes of coal daily, it stops short of the 5,000 tonnes that would trigger a federal impact assessment process. Australian proponent Montem Resources clearly doesn’t want to have to answer tough questions about the mine’s impact on the global climate, species at risk or Indigenous rights. But Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson can still order a review. Local Indigenous Nations, environmental groups and landowners have called for him to step in and the Impact Assessment Agency says a decision is coming by the end of the month. Can you write the minister and ask him to take this on? Stop Tent Mountain Coal Mine! It’s honestly shocking that we still have to fight new coal mines in 2021 with the climate crisis in full swing. But I know if we can convince the federal government to take a look they’ll see Tent Mountain is a terrible idea.
For the wild,
Peter McCartney
Climate Campaigner
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