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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Anita Anand]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Corb Lund addresses members of the media at a "Water Not Coal" protest. The demonstration opposes coal mining developments in Alberta.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Former NDP Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Grassy Mountain Project ]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ David Luff, a former Assistant Deputy Minister of Energy who joined the Alberta government in 1975 and helped develop both the 1976 policy and the 1977 Eastern Slopes Policy, said the coal policy was never intended to prohibit coal development but instead was created to match then-Premier Peter Lougheed’s vision of prioritizing Alberta’s headwaters while allowing mining to proceed in appropriate areas under strict environmental conditions.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Donald Trump]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ BC Premier David Eby announces a ban on selected US alcohol products in private and government retail stores, March 2025.]]></image:caption>
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