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Coal Fight Heats Up in Alberta | Calgary News
Alberta’s Corb Lund and the Water Not Coal movement face a major setback after Elections Alberta rejected their massive petition to ban new coal mines along the Rockies, citing signature issues — a move Lund calls “unreasonable” and ripe for legal challenge. With over 200,000 signatures, the petition targeted the Grassy Mountain project and sought to halt new mining on the Eastern Slopes. Now, Lund’s team is preparing for judicial review, while the Coal Association argues Albertans need a fact-based approach. Northback plans to resubmit a scaled-down proposal, but Lund insists the fight isn’t…
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