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Advocate for a Sustainable and Healthy Alberta

Alberta is renowned for its breathtaking natural landscapes—its towering mountains, sweeping plains, pristine rivers, and diverse ecosystems are integral to the health and well-being of its people and environment. The health of Alberta's communities, environment, and economy is deeply interconnected with the health of our planet. The choices we make today have profound consequences for planetary health, which encompasses the well-being of humans, ecosystems, and the systems that sustain life on Earth. Read More

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Climate Change
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Mar
15
2022

Coal Mining in Alberta's Eastern Slopes and Beyond

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Updated March 15, 2022

Latest Update: Government announces expanded coal restrictions, releases Coal Policy Committee reports

On March 4, 2022, the Government of Alberta announced restrictions on coal development in the Eastern Slopes of the Rockies. The restrictions on new development will be in place until directions on coal activities are incorporated into updated regional land-use plans.

The Goverment also released the final reports of the Coal Policy Committee. Concerns with the environmental impacts of coal mining ranked among the most important issues to Albertans.

Environmental groups welcomed the restrictions on new development, but concerns remained over the impacts of existing coal mining activities and the 4 advanced projects that were allowed to continue the regulatory process.

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Climate Change
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Wilderness & Parks
Coal
Fresh Water
Mining
Alberta Wilderness Association
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Issue Briefs
Jan
28
2022

Alberta Beyond Coal: What to Expect in 2022

Despite the reinstatement of Alberta’s 1976 Coal Policy in 2021, eight coal mining projects continued to move ahead with exploration. Coal development was not only still an option in Alberta, it was still happening.

Protect our Water - Alberta Beyond Coal was started to fight well-resourced coal companies and their billionaire owners. Through education, outreach and a strategic lawn sign campaign, the Alberta Environmental Network organized a collaborative effort to pause coal development in Alberta.  Read More

Coal
Fresh Water
Mining
Alberta Environmental Network
Issue Briefs
Jun
29
2021

Indigenous, landowners, environmental groups on both sides of the provincial border pleased to see Minister Wilkinson designate Tent Mountain for a federal impact assessment.

CPAWS Southern Alberta
Ecojustice
Livingstone Landowners Group
Niitsítapi Water Protectors
Wildsight

CALGARY/TERRITORIES OF THE BLACKFOOT AND PEOPLES OF TREATIES 6 AND 7, HOME TO MÉTIS NATION OF ALBERTA, REGION III Read More

Source: CPAWS Southern Alberta
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Ecojustice
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Coal
Environmental Assessment
Fresh Water
Indigienous Peoples Issues
Fisheries
Mining
Toxics
Jun
18
2021

Grassy Mountain Coal Project Decision May Sound the Death Knell for Montem and Atrum Coal

Alberta Wilderness Association

Yesterday’s Grassy Mountain Coal Project Joint Review Panel categorical rejection of Benga Mining’s applications for the Grassy Mountain mine may very well sound the death knell for Montem Resources and Atrum Coal. Today, both companies requested that trading in their shares on the Australian Securities Exchange be stopped.

Before Montem’s request was accepted its stock lost 20 percent of its value. Its last trade was at 7 cents a share; Atrum’s last trade was at 4.7 cents a share. Read More

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association
Alberta Wilderness Association
Climate Change
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Economics
Business & the Environment
Coal
Environmental Assessment
Fresh Water
Indigienous Peoples Issues
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Truth & Reconciliation at AEN

Learn more about our process and progress, and share your thoughts with us, on our Decolonization and Indigenization page.

It is our understanding at the Alberta Environmental Network that Reconciliation starts with the land, and there is no Reconciliation until we have faced the Truth. While Truth is held collectively, we recognize everyone is on their own learning journey, at their own pace. Our work at AEN focuses on the lands outlined by the Province of Alberta, lands with which we are learning to be in kinship relationship, in the nêhiyaw (Cree) spirit of treaty-making. The lands we work for are described in Treaties 4, 6, 7, 8, and 10. The traditional keepers of this land are Anishinabe, Nêhiyawak (Cree), Dené, Dane-zaa, Nakota, Îyârhe Nakoda (Stoney Nakoda), Tsuut’ina, and Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy); this land is also the homeland of the Métis. We are committed to building meaningful reciprocal relationships, to be of service particularly to those directly experiencing the effects of oppression, genocide, and exploitation.