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Country Music Artist Expected to Hand in Anti-Coal Petition in Alberta
Lund says the petition has enough signatures to force Alberta to consider a coal ban or hold a provincewide referendum.
- On Wednesday, musician Corb Lund delivered an anti-coal petition to Elections Alberta in Edmonton, hauling more than 200,000 signatures in a horse trailer. The campaign surpassed the 178,000-signature threshold required by the Citizen Initiative Act.
- Lund's "Water Not Coal" petition specifically targets Northback Holdings' Grassy Mountain project and Valory Resources' Blackstone mine, demanding a ban on all coal mining and exploration in the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains to protect headwaters.
- Elections Alberta has 21 days to verify the signatures. Northback and Valory defend their projects as job creators adhering to environmental standards, while Lund rejects such promises, stating the companies cherry-picked supporters who won't suffer mining effects.
- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith expressed support for direct democracy and indicated the petition question could appear on a referendum on October 19. The government awaits the final verified signature count before determining next steps.
- Stating "We're watching them like hawks," Lund remains skeptical of government commitment to the petition's exact wording. He seeks legislation banning all coal exploration and mines in the Eastern Slopes that are not active as of January 1, 2026.
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Corb Lund submits ‘Water Not Coal’ petition to Elections Alberta
Musician and rancher Corb Lund says more than 200,000 Albertans signed his petition demanding the province prohibit all coal mining and exploration in the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains, including the Grassy Mountain and Blackstone projects.
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Local volunteers celebrate as Water Not Coal petition heads to verification
.captiontext { font-size:90%;font-style: italic;margin-right:20px; } Volunteers who spent months collecting signatures for the Water Not Coal citizen initiative petition are celebrating after organizers submitted what they say are approximately 200,000 signatures to Elections Alberta for verification. The petition, which seeks a provincewide referendum on Alberta's coal mining policy in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, now moves into t…
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