Recently I heard it said by a Minister that “Albertans Have Spoken.” Well, it’s true. Albertans that are paying serious attention to the coal file have indeed spoken. The proof in the pudding is below.
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NEW POLL RESULTS
Our friends at Livingstone Landowners Group (LLG) and Save The Mountains - Alberta yesterday released polling demonstrating that LESS than 1/4 of Albertans support coal exploration for mining in the Eastern Slopes of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains.
The poll also found that 2/3 of Albertans are concerned about possible water and air contamination resulting from coal development.
Other results revealed:
88% of Albertans do not think coal development in the Eastern Slopes should be allowed if it negatively impacts existing agriculture and tourism industries.
73% believe the environmental risks associated with mining outweigh the economic benefits of future coal mining in the Eastern Slopes.
Of Albertans aware of the possibility of the proposed coal developments, 77% were concerned about possible selenium contamination in watersheds and 70% were concerned with coal dust carrying downwind from the mine sites.
“The impacts of coal development will be devastating to our ranching operation but will undoubtedly impact our entire agricultural corridor and industry here in Southwestern Alberta,” says John Smith of the Plateau Cattle Company and the Pekisko Group
“We aren’t the only industry, though; tourism, the filming industry, and everyone downstream will be negatively impacted. With a watershed currently over-allocated and record low water levels recorded within our headwaters—where will the high-volume water demand that coal development requires come from?”
We have the same question, YourAlberta (Government of Alberta), and we expect an answer — and a meaningful response to the concerns that thousands of Albertans have already, and continue to, express
#MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #WaterIsLife #Treaty6 #Treaty7 #Treaty8
But Danielle Smith wants it because her friends told her it would be a really good thing for the economy of Alberta. And what do farmers and peons know?