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Alberta Environmental Policy Series: Coal Mining
[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 In 2020, the 1976 Coal Policy was rescinded without public consultation.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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Water Not Coal Submits 200,000+ Signatures to Elections Alberta
At a Coal Town Hall event in Ft. Macleod in the summer of 2025, Danielle Smith challenged country singer Corb Lund to hold a public initiative petition to prove the majority of Albertans are against coal mining of the Eastern Slopes. She promised that a successful petition would be added to the planned referendum. On…
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Saving Sweetgrass
Known as “sipatsimo”, sweetgrass faces pressure from drought in Alberta’s wetlands. Niitsitapi artist and educator Api’soomaahka dedicates his time to restoring native plants using traditional land-based knowledge in Kainai Nation. He teams up with plant biologist Annie Ray to restore this sacred plant using lab equipment and modern botanical science. Watch the video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX1_Xj2S7NI…
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Getting Major Projects Built in Canada
A SAGE letter sent June 1, 2026 regarding the discussion paper on Getting Major Projects Built in Canada. (https://www.canada.ca/en/one-canadian-economy/services/simplifying-canada-process/engagement-supporting-timely-decision-making/getting-major-projects-built-canada-discussion-paper-proposed-legislative-regulatory-policy-reforms.html) The federal government is asking Canadian to transition to a ‘war economy’ that prioritizes cheap food, water, energy and raw materials in an effort to maintain some notion of economic competitiveness, conflict readiness, and profitability. But…
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