Coal mining is big business in the B.C. Rockies. It could get bigger if these projects are approved
Four proposed projects are undergoing environmental review in the Kootenay Rockies, where open-pit coal mining...
Teck fined $60 million for water pollution in B.C.’s Elk Valley
The company’s CEO apologized for releases of selenium and calcite from metallurgical coal mines after...
B.C. under pressure as U.S. EPA releases selenium pollution standard for water near Elk Valley coal mines
Environmental group calls for official Canada-U.S. International Joint Commission investigation over pollution downstream of Teck...
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...
An Alberta county drafted big tourism plans. Then came the coal leases
Clearwater County set its economic sights on attracting visitors to the eastern slopes of the...
Alberta’s ‘back door’ plan to free up billions of litres of water for coal mines raises alarm
Amid concerns about droughts, selenium pollution, at-risk species and Indigenous consultation, the Alberta government is...
