Contentious hearings on a proposed coal exploration project in southwestern Alberta concluded Tuesday with protests in downtown Calgary. The project, which has reignited divisions between economic proponents and environmentalists, faces concerns about water availability and contamination. The Alberta Energy Regulator will decide within 90 days whether to allow Northback Holdings Corp. to proceed with the exploration program and acquire a water diversion licence for the Grassy Mountain coal mine.
CALGARY — The final days of hearings into a contentious coal exploration project in southwestern Alberta were met with protests in downtown Calgary on Tuesday.
Standing outside AER headquarters in a cowboy hat and leather duster jacket, he said he's concerned about water availability as multi-year drought conditions persist in farm-heavy southern Alberta. Crowsnest Pass residents recently voted in favour of the project in a non-binding referendum, which saw 53 per cent of the eligible voters turn out. Northback said it would carry out the exploration project to meet all environmental and regulatory requirements, a commitment it believes was successfully communicated to Crowsnest Pass residents.
The panel that rejected the exploration project said the mine's likely environmental effects on the fish and water quality outweighed what it called the low to moderate positive economic impacts of the project. In 2022, the Alberta Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear challenges to the rejection.
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