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44-yr-old coal & land protection policy – quietly killed by @jkenney govt. on Fri. afternoon before a long wknd last May – has led to a court challenge and public backlash so strong, govt. has cancelled recently issued land leases for coal mining. #ableg theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…
John Smith, his wife, Laura Laing, and their neighbour Mac Blades say govt. failed in its duty to consult before ripping up policy. The Bearspaw, Kainai, Siksika, Ermineskin & Goodfish Lake First Nations are making a similar argument in a separate filing. albertanativenews.com/first-nations-…
@CorbLund, a sixth-generation Albertan whose family has ranched in the southern part of the province for decades, isn’t one to generally get involved in politics, but he says the risks of new coal mining are too serious to ignore. #EndOFCoal #ClimateAction corblund.com/news/2021/1/12…
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Budgets and Bushfires: has government cost-cutting hindered firefighting? @MichaelWestBiz does some much-needed digging. The truth will shock. Bad enough to be saddled with a climate-denying gov but cost-cutting is the main reason why this inferno is now out of control
Budgets and Bushfires: has government cost-cutting hindered firefighting? @MichaelWestBiz does some much-needed digging. The truth will shock. Bad enough to be saddled with a climate-denying gov but cost-cutting is the main reason why this inferno is now out of control
“How come we only had 4 trucks to defend our town?” pleaded distressed resident of Cobargo to Prime Minister Scott Morrison. “I’m not going to shake your hand until you give the RFS more funding,” another woman from Cobargo, Zoey, told the PM. Little did they know the truth.
Michael West found that spending on equipment dipped significantly in the years leading up to this terrible summer, and also that spending on “fire mitigation work” had fallen significantly. 
