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In a stunning reversal, the Alberta government has announced it is fully reinstating the 1976 provincial coal policy following public opposition by everyone from ranchers and farmers to Canadian entertainers.

 

“An important part of being a responsible government is to admit when you’ve made a mistake and to fix it, and that’s what we’re doing here today,” said Energy Minister Sonya Savage during a teleconference Feb. 8.

 

Laura Laing and her husband, John Smith, of the Plateau Cattle Co. near Nanton, Alta., said they still had much to learn about what the decision means for proposed open-pit coal development near their ranch, which includes potential plans for a 36-kilometre-long conveyor belt.

 

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