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Open Letter on Grassy Mountain Coal Project, 2025
The Grassy Mountain coal project presents an environmental threat to our region. As such, coal extraction in the headwaters is an economic threat to the agri-food industry. It is the reasonable concern of every person to have access to uncontaminated water: for our homes, for our businesses, and for growing our food. When the Grassy…
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SAGE’s New Web Engagement
We have updated our website! At SAGE, we are committed to science-based research & discussion of issues vital to Southern Alberta. As part of our community engagement, SAGE has moved its website to GreenGeeks – a green energy web hosting service. In addition to their commitment to purchasing green energy to power their servers, that…
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AER Achieves Low Expectations on Grassy Mountain
May 21, 2025 from Lorne Fitch. The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has rendered its decision allowing Northback to proceed with more coal exploration on Grassy Mountain. You might remember Grassy Mountain, the zombie-like coal mine proposal that will not die and is kept on life support by the Alberta government. To get the good news…
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Northback’s Grassy Mountain
May 21, 2025 from Water for Food. Premier Danielle Smith says we need metallurgical coal to make solar panels and windmills. 1. The UCP government effectively killed the booming clean energy industry in Alberta. 2. The steel industry world wide is rapidly implementing green steel technology which doesn’t require metallurgical coal. 3. The Alberta government’s…
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