Jason Kenney and his idiotic UCP government seem determined to go ahead with coal mines in the eastern slopes of the Rockies. They recently re-instated the 1976 policy that essentially banned coal mining in the foothills. But that was largely a "switch and bait" tactic to shut down opposition. In reality it only stopped future development. All projects currently underway, and there are several, are allowed to proceed. Environment minister Sonja Savage made a pledge that there will be no future "mountaintop removal". In recent days it has come to light that mountaintop mining only counts as removal if the entire top of the mountain is destroyed. Talk about a technicality in definition. If even a small piece of the original mountaintop is left in place, then it is defined as an open pit mine. This image was recently sent to me by a friend. I'm not sure who to credit for it, but thought it was important to share, as it really gets the point across....
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