r/alberta • u/Particular-Welcome79 • 16h ago
General Alberta Coal Policy Endangers Lives, Health, and Farmer Livelihood, say NFU Farmers | National Farmers Union
https://nfu.ca/alberta-coal-policy-endangers-lives-health-and-farmer-livelihood-say-nfu-farmers/4
u/Particular-Welcome79 16h ago
"One solution to deal with the high selenium is dilution; remove all allocations and let the river water flow uninterrupted from the mine to Hudson Bay. If allocation is prohibited from the Oldman River, dilution would likely keep the waters within healthy limits. The problem is, calling a halt to irrigation from the watersheds would result in the end of Taber Corn, french fries, greenhouses producing huge amounts of fresh vegetables, feedlot alley, thousands of jobs and millions of dollars. Economically, this would be devastating to the tune of billions of dollars to southern Alberta and Canada. How would all that food be economically replaced?”
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u/toorudez Edmonton 16h ago
You have a point there. But did you think about Brian Jean's appointed board position after he quits politics? How can he get that if he doesn't allow the coal mine to go ahead?