Flooding of coal mines cause for concern for Alberta environmental group
An environmental group is calling for stronger action from Alberta’s energy regulator after it announced heavy rain had caused flooding and excessive surface runoff at energy sites, including coal mines.
The regulator’s dashboard shows one of this week’s spills occurred Monday at CST Coal. It was a release of wastewater from a settling pond into the Smoky River. Gillian Chow-Fraser of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, said the latest spills raise concerns. “There can be selenium in there, which is poisonous to fish, which can be harmful to wildlife and the water,” she said. “The makeup of that wastewater is really important to understand what are the environmental risks.”“It’s obvious that infrastructure needs to improve to buffer against these extreme weather events, which we know are going to increase with climate change,” she said.
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