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Alberta to reinstate 1976 coal policy revoked last spring after public outcry

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The Alberta government says it is reinstating the 1976 coal policy it revoked last spring after much public backlash.

The province said Monday morning this move includes reinstating the four coal categories which dictated where and how coal leasing, exploration and development could occur.

The previous policy, put in place in 1976 under Peter Lougheed’s Progressive Conservatives, took two years to develop. That policy blocked surface coal mines in about 1.4 million hectares of wilderness that is home to endangered species and the headwaters of rivers depended on by many in southern Alberta.

Eric Sorensen reports, the Alberta government can usually count on broad public support for policies promoting the fossil fuel industry, but not this time.

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