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Lethbridge Councillor Belinda Crowson will Move a Resolution on February 25th (12:30 p.m.) for Protecting the Oldman Watershed and Protecting Agriculture and Agri-food Businesses in the region. SAGE advocated for, and supports, this Resolution (https://www.sage-environment.org/grassy-mountain-coal-project-a-resolution/) The Resolution states: WHEREAS water is vital for human, animal and plant life; and WHEREAS Lethbridge and surrounding communities are…
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The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) and For Our Kids would like to share Polluting Education: The Influence of Fossil Fuels on K-12 Education in Canada. This report reveals how industry-driven narratives shape young people’s understanding of energy and climate in ways that serve corporate interests rather than the public good. It calls for urgent…
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Thank you for your email regarding Northback Holdings Corporation’s (Northback) applications to conduct test drilling on Grassy Mountain. As Minister of Energy and Minerals, I am pleased to respond on behalf of the Government of Alberta. Government is tasked with overseeing responsible resource development for the benefit of all Albertans. We cannot comment on this…
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Organized by For Our Kids and Canadian Lung Association Dear Prime Minister, We, the 21 undersigned organizations, call for the immediate passing of strong oil and gas methane regulations. As organizations dedicated to the health and well-being of children and communities, we recognize the urgent need to reduce methane emissions and emphasize that robust regulations…
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Letter to Mayor & Council, City of Lethbridge On October 19, 2020, City Council unanimously passed a resolution that acknowledged the headwaters on the eastern slopes as the source of our drinking water and that the surface mining of coal has the potential of adversely affecting water in the watershed. The resolution indicated the risk…
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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…
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Lorne Fitch, Jeff Kneteman, Richard Quinlan, Kirby Smith, George Sterling Executive Summary: As former Provincial Fish and Wildlife biologists with extensive experience with land use, our observations, monitoring and research provide the following conclusions on coal development in the Eastern Slopes of Alberta’s Rockies: – Despite the scope and scale of coal exploration programs, they…
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Submission for input to the Alberta online engagement on water availability Aquatic ecosystems include rivers, stream, lakes, ponds and wetlands as well as the riparian areas on their periphery. These landscape features capture, store, release and convey the water that falls as snow and rain. They are critical for sustaining life in a watershed and…
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Letter to Minister Joseph Schow, Minister of Tourism and Sport The notion that the designation of currently protected provincial parks, provincial recreation areas, wilderness areas, ecological reserves, natural areas or heritage rangelands may be rescinded on the recommendation of the Minister of Tourism and Sport to make way for an all-season resort contradicts the preamble…
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The Southern Alberta Group for the Environment (SAGE) has been a leading voice for a healthy and environmentally sustainable community in Lethbridge and region since 1984. SAGE was an active participant in the public consultations that eventuated the South Saskatchewan Regional Plan (SSRP). The SSRP articulated strategic directions for policy action that included the management…