What is the core environmental concern that led a joint federal and provincial review board to reject the Grassy Mountain coal mine project five years ago?

The joint federal and provincial review board rejected the Grassy Mountain project five years ago because 'the adverse environmental effects on surface water quality and westslope cutthroat trout and its habitat outweigh the positive economic impacts,' leading the board to deem the development 'not in the public interest.'

Why has Canadian country music star Corb Lund taken an unprecedented public stand against new coal mining in Alberta's eastern Rockies?

Corb Lund stated he had 'never spoken out in 30 years in the public eye about any issue politically ever, except for this one, because it was so egregious,' citing that 'the risks are so high on this and the rewards are so low that the only people benefiting from it are the foreign coal companies and a handful of people that get the jobs.'

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