WATCH ABOVE: Country musician Corb Lund has been an outspoken advocate for protecting the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains from mining. On Wednesday, he and ranching families gathered along the landscape at risk of exploration. Jill Croteau reports. – Jun 16, 2021Corb Lund says that after meeting with Energy Minister Brian Jean, he doesn’t believe the minister knows enough about the issue.
“I met with Brian Jean to discuss the coal issue a couple of months ago. And I was alarmed by how little he knew,” Lund said in an email to“I knew more about the coal issue than he did, and I’m just a guitar player, not the minister of energy. It’s chilling to me that ill-informed politicians are making decisions about our water.”Singer Corb Lund, centre, speaks to the media on land proposed for coal mine development in the eastern slopes of the Livingstone range south west of Longview, Alta.
Lund, a longtime vocal opponent of coal mining in those areas, says review panels and governments have already turned down the project and polling has shown the public doesn’t support it.Nvidia’s stock surge helps markets hit record highs. What is happening?“The joint review panel already firmly told them no, at both the provincial and federal levels — and their appeal was denied after that. Public polling has shown over and over that the vast majority of Albertans don’t want these coal mines.
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