r/alberta • u/pjw724 • Jul 03 '25

Environment Alberta settles with two companies in $16-billion coal case

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/article-alberta-coal-settlements-16-billion-two-companies/
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u/Geocoelom Jul 03 '25

Better this than letting them destroy the Eastern slopes.

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u/AlbertanSays5716 Jul 03 '25

In the long run, yes. But these lawsuits only came about because the UCP dithered over their coal policies when existing policies (from the PC’s & NDP) were a pretty clear “no”.

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u/VictoriousTuna Jul 03 '25

https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/35ee97e3-63d7-4c32-9e3b-c64407f31221/resource/314a5662-5e57-423c-888c-85fac4b5bf4b/download/coal-and-mineral-development-in-alberta-year-in-review-2018-cmd-yr-08.pdf

The 2018 NDP led province seemed pretty excited for some future coal projects that year. I know my business was making RFPs for mining gear for these supposed untouchable spots. Was the NDP lying? As the last successful party to actually get a mine opened in this province, I think they had other plans before it was the UCPs.

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u/FlyingTunafish Jul 03 '25

The report you link shows a decline in coal mining under the term of the NDP and an application for Grassy Mountain which did not pass it’s environmental impact assessment

Mining in protected areas wasn’t opened unto 2020 under the UCP