Alberta government refuses to release data on snowpack contamination from coal mines
The Alberta government is refusing to release information on toxic contaminants in snowpacks downwind from mountaintop removal coal mines.
Bill Donahue
Feds bow to industry, provincial lobbying and weaken proposed coal rules
"Environment Canada got pushback," said Bill Donahue, an environmental scientific consultant and former head of monitoring for the Alberta government. "It dramatically reduced the proposed standards in terms of their stringency."