{"id":439482,"date":"2026-01-28T21:42:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/439482\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T21:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T21:42:16","slug":"corb-lund-has-his-anti-coal-mining-petition-application-reapproved-by-elections-alberta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/439482\/","title":{"rendered":"Corb Lund has his anti-coal mining petition application reapproved by Elections Alberta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/edmonton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edmonton<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Corb Lund&#8217;s petition effort to outlaw new coal mining in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains is one step closer to being able to gather signatures.<\/p>\n<p>Country singer has been vocal opponent of coal mining<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769636534_222_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"author-image-img\"\/><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/author\/lisa-johnson-and Lisa Johnson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lisa Johnson<\/a>  \u00b7 The Canadian Press  \u00b7 Posted: Jan 27, 2026 11:07 PM EST | Last Updated: January 28<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"A man in a cowboy hat is seen speaking to reporters.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769636535_136_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Singer Corb Lund, centre, speaks to the media on land proposed for coal mine development in the eastern slopes of the Livingstone range south west of Longview, Alta., Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n<p>Corb Lund&#8217;s petition effort to outlaw new coal mining in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains is one step closer to being able to gather signatures.<\/p>\n<p>Elections Alberta says the application by the country singer to petition the government to pass a prohibition on all new coal exploration or coal mining activities in the area has been approved.<\/p>\n<p>Lund previously applied and got the official OK, but recent legislative changes from Alberta Premier Danielle Smith&#8217;s government meant it was retroactively cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>Lund, who lives in southern Alberta, has been a vocal opponent of coal mining, arguing mines threaten land and water in the area.<\/p>\n<p>He still needs to complete some paperwork before Elections Alberta can issue a petition and he can start collecting names.<\/p>\n<p>Lund will have four months to collect nearly 178,000 signatures, and if successful, the legislature would consider passing a coal mining ban or send it to a provincewide vote.<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE AUTHOR<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766103613_118_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"author-image-img\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"authorprofile-biography\">Lisa Johnson is a reporter for The Canadian Press based in Alberta.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit a news tip<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edmonton Corb Lund&#8217;s petition effort to outlaw new coal mining in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-439482","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}