https://www.theenergymix.com/ranchers-rural-municipality-ask-top-court-to-block-alberta-coal-exploration/ The climate news that makes a difference. Tue, 18 Jun 2024 15:22:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.theenergymix.com/ranchers-rural-municipality-ask-top-court-to-block-alberta-coal-exploration/#comment-23790 Tue, 18 Jun 2024 15:22:29 +0000 https://www.theenergymix.com/?p=147383#comment-23790 Brian Jean, the energy minister of Alberta had in his initial letter : “once an advanced (coal) project, always an advanced project. “, This is what the AER took to heart, regardless, that Benga mining was rejected by a Ministerial Order of Alberta and the Federal Government. So Benga turned around and changed its name to Northback Holdings and applied for “only exploration”. That is how Minister Brian Jean sees it, disregarding that exploration for coal is definitely an attempt to mine for coal. I wrote him a letter, Brian Jean wrote in his standard-answer letter to me (omitting the harsh “once an advanced project always an advanced project”) and saying that it is not a decision for him to make, but AER will do this. My thoughts: Brian Jean should not meddle with this and his letter was wrong, I think Brian Jean should step down!

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