Southern Alberta Group for the Environment (SAGE)

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

December 8 (11 – 11:45 AM), Lethbridge Coast Hotel Members of SAGE, McKillop Earth Action Team, Lethbridge Friends of Medicare and other local organizations and citizens are gathering to protest Northback Holdings Corporation’s continued promotion of a discredited coal mine on Grassy Mountain. A Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce event is giving Northback CEO Mike Northcott…

Join us 11 to 11:45 a.m. on Monday, December 8th on Mayor Magrath in front of the Coast Hotel, where Northback will be advocating for an open pit coal mine to the Chamber of Commerce.

Dear Prime Minister,  The Southern Alberta Group for the Environment (SAGE) encourages the Government of Canada to legislate based on the values of distributive justice, social equity and intergenerational equity, which is largely premised on a sustainable relationship with the land – our natural environment. The Government of Canada has a legislative responsibility for the…

From the website, https://www.freshwaterconservationcanada.org/post/fish-rescue-2025-review?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email Thank you so much to everyone who volunteered during our 2025 Fish Rescue efforts in the irrigation canals throughout Southern Alberta. Over the 10 days we spent rescuing fish in the canals, 157 volunteers contributed a total of 1,336 hours. Sixteen of those volunteers couldn’t get enough of the fun and…