Dec
15
2020
The oral portion of the public hearing for Benga Mining Ltd.'s proposed Grassy Mountain Coal Project in the Crowsnest Pass concluded on December 2. The next step in the federal impact assessment process is for the Joint Review Panel to draft the Impact Assessment Report, Consultation Report, and recommend potential conditions for submission to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change.
Grassy Mountain is the first of at least six mountain-top removal coal mines proposed by large Australian mining companies in various stages of regulatory approval in the region. There are more than 50,000 ha of the Old Man River headwaters under lease for future mountain-top removal mining.
Public hearing
- Grassy Mountain Coal Project (Canadian Impact Assessment Registry)
- Grassy Mountain blog (Alberta Wilderness Association)
- Watch archived recordings of the public hearing on YouTube.
Learn More & Take Action
- Albertans for a Coal Free Southwest (CPAWS Southern Alberta & Livingstone Landowners Group)
- Coal Mining Threat to the South Eastern Slopes of the Rockies (Livingstone Landowners Group)
- Fight for Coal Mine Free Rockies (CPAWS Southern Alberta)
- Petition to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change
Recent Updates
- Blood Tribe residents not consulted on proposed coal mine despite thumbs up from officials (Lethbridge Herald)
- Proposed coal mine will ‘decapitate’ Grassy Mountain in southern Alberta: AWA (APTN News)
Previous Updates
- Locals and Conservationists raise concerns ahead of Grassy Mountain hearing (CPAWS Southern Alberta)
- Mountaintop coal mine hearings to begin amidst fears of pollution, development rush (Global News)
- Vocal opposition against coal mine (Lethbridge Herald)
- Alberta ranchers fear loss of grazing lands due to proposed coal mine (The Narwhal)
- The Australian Invasion: Big Coal’s Plans for Alberta (The Tyee)
- Concerns raised over open-pit mining in Crowsnest Pass (CTV News)
- ‘You can’t rebuild a mountain’: fallout of open-pit mining discussed (Lethbridge Herald)
- The Plans to Strip-Mine Coal in the Mountains (Alberta Views)
Updated: December 15, 2020