The Grassy Mountain coal project presents an environmental threat to our region. As such, coal extraction in the headwaters is an economic threat to the agri-food industry. It is the reasonable concern of every person to have access to uncontaminated water: for our homes, for our businesses, and for growing our food. When the Grassy…

Letter submitted to the City of Lethbridge regarding the Waste Management Master Plan 2024. Submitted by Kathleen Sheppard (Executive Director, Environment Lethbridge), Braum Barber (Chair, Southern Alberta Group for Environment ) & Cheryl Bradley (Chair, EL WasteLess Committee and Director, SAGE) In the decade since targets for waste diversion were first set by Lethbridge City…

Published in The Lethbridge Herald on March 6, 2025 Kudos to Lethbridge City Council for unanimously reconfirming its commitment to protecting our water. The City of Lethbridge has joined a number of other communities in the region to express concerns about water quality being adversely affected by the impacts of coal mining in the headwaters…

You’re invited: Dry Horizons: Stewarding a Future for Southern Alberta’s Water Film Screening in Lethbridge on March 18 (7 – 9 p.m.) at McKillop United Church Southern Alberta Group for Environment and McKillop United Church are partnering with Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Southern Alberta (CPAWS sAB) and the Alberta Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and…