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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 In 2020, the 1976 Coal Policy was rescinded without public consultation.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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Submitted to City of Lethbridge, Community Safety Standing Policy Committee The Southern Alberta Group for the Environment (SAGE) supports the initiative being advanced by Rena Woss regarding the development of a Light Nuisance Bylaw for Lethbridge. Light that trespasses into personal living spaces, including backyards, has negative impacts both to human wellbeing and the environment. The Leadership…
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Southern Alberta Group for the Environment (SAGE), June 2021 Executive Summary:SAGE is a leading voice for a healthy and environmentally sustainable community in Lethbridge, and honours the traditional territory of the Blackfoot / Niitsítapi Confederacy. We are indebted to the Indigenous Peoples of the Canadian Plains for the stewardship of this land: past, present and…