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[The Alberta Environmental Policy Series highlights the many environmental challenges and related government policies in Alberta. SAGE welcomes feedback on these topics.] In 2020, the 1976 Coal Policy was rescinded without public consultation. Significant areas of the Eastern Slopes land were opened to coal leases, initiating a widespread response from concerned landowners, environmentalists, and Indigenous…
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[The Alberta Environmental Policy Series highlights the many environmental challenges and related government policies in Alberta. SAGE welcomes feedback on these topics.] The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) entered an agreement in 2021 with the Government of Alberta and Irrigating Alberta, Inc. for improving irrigation infrastructure and increasing water storage. The CIB loan amounts to $466…
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The Red-Tape Reduction Act (Bill C-15) threatens the rights of everyone in Canada, including First Nations and future generations, to health and safety, and endangers our natural environments and our legal protections. Bill C-15, the Act to implement certain provisions of the 2025 Budget, is an omnibus bill touted as a finance tool. It is…
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If you’re a lover of Alberta’s grasslands and it’s vast blue skies, you may be interested in spreading the word using the “Grasslands and You” tools to spread the word. “Grasslands and You” is an outreach campaign by the Central Grasslands Roadmap meant to increase awareness and support for grasslands — especially among urban/suburban audiences…
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Senator Galvez has introduced a private-member’s bill that is designed to oblige financial entitles to consider climate commitments in decision-making. Summary of Bill S-238: Part 1 enacts the Climate-Aligned Finance Act, which, among other things, establishes the climate commitments and obligations of various entities in relation to these commitments. Part 2 establishes further obligations for…
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From the Petition organized by the Alberta NDP The UCP government’s ongoing plans to advance coal mining in our Rocky Mountains provides very little economic benefit to our province, but significant environmental risk. Albertans have been clear that they do not want coal mining in our eastern slopes. Protect our water. Protect our agriculture.…
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From the Crowsnest Headwaters, January 11, 2026. Lorne Fitch is a Professional Biologist, a retired Fish and Wildlife Biologist and a past Adjunct Professor with the University of Calgary. He is the author of Streams of Consequence, Travels Up the Creek, and Conservation Confidential. History can be a good teacher, to provide a perspective on coal mining in the…
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A letter sent by SAGE to the Alberta Energy Regulator on January 9th, 2026 regarding the proposed Terms of Reference submitted for Northback Holdings Corporation – Grassy Mountain Project. It is disappointing that Northback Holdings Corporation has submitted a boilerplate Terms of Reference for an Environmental Impact Assessment report considering the significant expense and expertise…
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Petition to the Government of Canada Whereas: We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to: 1. Set a goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2035 and reach near zero by 2040; 2. Establish through legislation, a national carbon budget to plan Canada’s emissions; and 3. Report each year…
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9 December 2025 Protesters Push Back at Northback Presentation. Joe Manio, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Lethbridge Herald. … Outside the Coast Lethbridge Hotel around 100 demonstrators waved signs, beat drums and shouted slogans protesting the proposed Grassy Mountain Coal Project while inside the CEO of Northback Holdings, Mike Young, spoke about the economic benefits of…