Ranching Against the Machine: Fighting Alberta's Zombie Coal Project

As Alberta Energy Regulator holds hearings on the Grassy Mountain coal project, rancher Laura Laing calls out the broken promises that brought this mining project back from the dead. Please note that this episode was recorded before Alberta's Ministry of Energy announced the reversal of the moratorium on open-pit coal mining on the Eastern Slopes on Monday January 20th, 2025.

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Sources used in this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hru0UQr6F0FifxXhrDgIBV5JoUwUuPMF6s-qoyRFYkE/

Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l46J5FYcInCERj35Hyz6hc9_kKK_q-ShjLImSkLE_IQ/

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