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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 In 2020, the 1976 Coal Policy was rescinded without public consultation.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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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…
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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…
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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…
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While living our lives, we make presumptions that we are managing our utilities well. But most of us are missing opportunities to reduce consumption and save money. We can do better. When it comes to living in our homes, we can make a difference on our heating, electricity and water usage. Two SAGE Board members…
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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…