Hydrologist and Professor of Geography & Environment at #ULethbridge, Dr. Chris Hopkinson, writes to the Grassy Mountain JPR tonight that: "on water quantity allocation grounds alone, the move to increased industrial use in the eastern slopes is a bad move . . . 1/n

that will have damaging impacts on downstream ecosystems and all those who depend on water; i.e. all community stakeholders and living organisms that depend on the Oldman River." 2/n #WaterNotCoal

This may not greatly concern @JKenney, his coal lobbyist political friends, or multinational Australian-based mining companies (and their billionaire owners), but it sure as heck concerns me and other Albertans. 3/n
@MarlinSchmidt @HMcPhersonMP

See the whole statement from Professor Hopkinson here: https://www.iaac-aeic.gc.ca/050/evaluations/proj/80101/contributions/id/49629 4/4 #UCP #notmyAlberta #AbLeg

January 15 deadline! Alberta's mountains, watersheds, and wildlife are threatened. Sign the petition against the Grassy Mountain coal project.
https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-2912