Corb Lund to deliver anti-coal mining petition to Elections Alberta
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Summary
Country music artist Corb Lund is expected to deliver a petition against coal mining on Alberta's eastern slopes to Elections Alberta. If verified, the petition would force Premier Danielle Smith's government to either pass a law banning coal mining or send the issue to a provincewide referendum. Lund's team collected thousands of signatures in an effort to protect the environmentally sensitive region from coal development.
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· 3 pulledCountry music artist Corb Lund is expected to deliver his anti-coal mining petition to Elections Alberta Wednesday.
Lund announced this week that his team had collected more
If Elections Alberta verifies it, Premier Danielle Smith's government would be forced to consider passing a law banning coal mining or sending it to a provincewide referendum.
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