Ranchers, residents, Indigenous communities and environmental groups speak out on Northback Holdings Corp.’s Grassy Mountain project
Cradling her acoustic guitar, Monica Field angled herself toward three Alberta Energy Regulator commissioners to protest a proposed Southern Alberta coal development – via song.
The community centre in Pincher Creek, Alta., played host to the hearings. Although the size of the crowd varied over the two days, most of the time around 50 people gathered inside, many clutching Tim Hortons cups to defend against the late fall chill and winds that slice through this part of the world. They sat on hard plastic chairs separated into two sections, mostly sticking with their own camp as though it was a wedding; pro- and anti-coal replacing bride and groom.
A resident shovels snow near a sign supporting coal mining on Nov. 25, the day of a plebiscite on whether to support a new coal mine in Crowsnest Pass, Alta.Tuesday and Wednesday marked the first set of hearings for individuals and groups that the AER deemed “limited participants.” Hearings for full participants, including several local First Nations, municipalities and a landowners’ group, will begin in January.
Mayor Blair Painter said in an interview Friday that the council will use the result to lobby the provincial and federal governments. It is also considering seeking a legal opinion about annexing land from the neighbouring Municipal District of Ranchland. Mine supporters said Northback will operate at the highest environmental standards, and invoked the fact that
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