LETTER

 

The movement against Big Coal is gaining steam 

 

Powerful corporations, pushing massive new coal developments in the Rockies, have been threatening the mountains, rivers, and democracy itself. We can report two major victories in the fight against Big Coal. 

The Grassy Mountain project, a massive steel-making coal mine, has been defeated.  A joint federal-provincial review panel has denied the operating company’s application, saying its impacts on water, the environment, and Indigenous rights far outweigh any potential economic benefits. Meanwhile, the proposed Tent Mountain open-pit coal mine will now have to undergo a federal impact assessment before it can proceed. 

The grassroots opposition to the new coal rush in Alberta is working – but there are currently seven coal mining projects proposed in the Rockies that could still go ahead. And we can’t stop until we defeat every single one of them. 

Join us in moving Canada beyond coal!   and ask that they say no to coal in the Rockies.   Call federal Environment Minister Wilkinson. Then, write to "the Alberta Coal Policy Committee " urging them to reject all future coal development in the province. 

the Council of Canadians

Ottawa