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Groups Demand New Environmental Assessment of Massive Open-Pit Coal Mine on Doorstep of Jasper National Park
A coalition of conservation groups announced that they are challenging the federal government’s failure to do an adequate environmental assessment of a massive coal mine development underway near Jasper National Park, Alberta. The groups argue that the Cheviot Coal Mine project has fundamentally changed since it was reviewed in 1997 and 2000. [refers to Cardinal River Coals (joint venture Consol Energy & Luscar)]