Australia’s Northback Holdings Corp. has three applications in front of the Alberta Energy Regulator for coal exploration, drilling and water diversion on an old mine called Grassy Mountain
Grassy Mountain, peak to left, and the Grassy Mountain Coal Project are seen north of Blairmore, Alta., on June 6. On Nov. 25, Crowsnest Pass will hold a referendum to ask whether its residents support the coal project.A coal mining proposal has divided two neighbouring municipalities in Southern Alberta – and one of them recently received a blow from the Alberta Energy Regulator, which denied its application for an adjournment of licence hearings for a new coal development.
Grassy Mountain is in Ranchland, Alta., but the site – which for decades was dug out and tunnelled to get to steel-making coal – is accessed via Highway 3 in Crowsnest Pass.to ask whether its residents support the coal project, and the councillor behind the vote says he’ll be very surprised if the answer is “no.”
Dean Ward is the Crowsnest Pass councillor who proposed the coal referendum. His father came to the region to work in the mines and Mr. Ward followed in his footsteps, spending 15 years in the sector. “We feel that it’s time to send a message to not just the levels of government, but the various NGOs, the environmental groups and citizens outside of our community. Everybody’s talking for the Crowsnest Pass except the Crowsnest Pass.”
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