The ban on open pit coal mining has been lifted for Rockies and foothils in the province. This project near Blairmore has been in the works for several years.
The lift of the ban is a bad sign. Especially when you consider this. The former Environment Minister for the PCs, is now the head of the Coal Association of Canada. That to me is just hilarious. You go from a job that is suppose to be about protecting the environment to heading up a group that has some of the worst impact imaginable.
If you think Campbell had nothing to do with the ban being lifted you would be wrong. And you would be doubly wrong to think that the ban means nothing as the govt is stating. They say it's an old and redundant bit of legislation.
Telling you right now that the ban was lifted because there are proposed projects that will be coming to light in the very near future that will affect anyone who enjoys the east slopes.
J
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