Supreme Court of Canada won't hear appeals in Alberta coal project case abpoli cdnpoli
In a decision released Thursday, the Supreme Court turned down requests from a coal miner and two First Nations for leave to appeal a decision from Alberta’s energy regulator that found the proposed Grassy Mountain coal mine in the province’s Crowsnest Pass region was not in the public interest.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
Both Benga and the two First Nations, which had signed benefits agreements with the company, first asked the Alberta Court of Appeal for leave to appeal the decision. When they were turned down, they applied to the Supreme Court. The regulator’s decision on Benga was the first in series of decisions that has severely cramped the United Conservative government’s initial plans for a huge expansion of open-pit steelmaking coal mining in Alberta’s beloved Rockies and foothills.
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