Alberta energy

Alberta, coal lobbyists talked for years about more open-pit mining in the Rockies: documents

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Documents released under Alberta Freedom of Information laws confirm the United Conservative Party government was talking with the coal industry about relaxing a policy that protected the Rocky Mountains from open-pit mines long before making those plans public. The documents also show the province was talking about opening those landscapes to the potential of more … Read more

Trans Mountain pipeline project clears another major hurdle toward completion

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The Canada Energy Regulator has given an 11th-hour green light to the over-budget, federally-owned Trans Mountain pipeline, currently under construction in Western Canada. In a ruling posted to its website late Friday, the regulator gave its blessing to the pipeline giant to change its routing methodology in a 2.3-kilometre stretch of construction in B.C.’s Fraser … Read more