open-pit mining Archives

Alberta Court to Australian Coal Baron: You Lose

February 3, 2022 by Andrew Nikiforuk

Alberta’s Court of Appeal has rejected arguments made by Benga Mining, a company owned by Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart, that its provincial regulator treated the company unfairly when it rejected the controversial Grassy Mountain project last year.

Who Saved Alberta’s Mountaintops and Precious Clean Water? Albertans

July 13, 2021 by Andrew Nikiforuk

Unlike the Jason Kenney government, Albertans understand in a visceral way that water is the only true treasure in an arid land, and that mountain brooks quickly lose their song if we dig up all the rocks for coking coal to fuel steel mills.