The end of an era: how the global steel industry is cutting out coal
As Alberta and B.C. mull expanding metallurgical coal mining in the Rockies, some steel manufacturers...
Stories by Sharon J. Riley
Federal budget gives farmers leg up in reducing carbon pollution
Ottawa pegs $270 million for ‘agricultural climate solutions’ to help farmers protect wetlands and adopt...
‘Hydrogen fervour’: the technology breathing hope into Alberta’s industrial heartland
In a region long reliant on oil and gas, a new fuel source is gaining...
Proposed coal mine in Alberta Rockies faces growing calls for federal review
The Tent Mountain project, currently pegged for provincial review, narrowly skirts the production threshold that...
Alberta covered $20 million in unpaid land rent for oil and gas operators in 2020
The bill for delinquent companies — picked up almost entirely by taxpayers — is up...
Here’s why Alberta’s ban on mountaintop-removal mining won’t affect proposed coal mines in the Rockies
When the government said it would put an ‘outright ban on mountaintop mining,’ many Albertans...
A tale of two provinces: how coal mining plowed ahead in the B.C. Rockies while Alberta hit the brakes
Mountaintop-removal coal mining is much more prevalent in B.C. than Alberta. To understand why, you...
9 things that haven’t changed since Alberta’s about-face on coal mining policy
The United Conservative Party was backed into a corner on its decision to open up...
How a public uprising caused a province built on fossil fuels to reverse course on coal mining
Country music stars, conservationists and tens of thousands of Albertans came together to roll back...
