<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>32</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wickens, Jeffrey Alan</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Does legislation in Alberta protect the public from the financial obligations of coal mine closure?</style></title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://search.proquest.com/docview/305160318</style></url></web-urls></urls><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Royal Roads University </style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Environment and Management</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">67</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">en</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Coal mining in Alberta is influenced by economic, environmental, and social factors that often arise without warning and have the potential to bring an abrupt end to a prosperous operation. Understanding the issues is imperative to addressing how the public is protected from the financial obligations associated with the closure of a coal mine. How the obligations of industry, government, and the public collide to form the basis of responsible and sustainable development is also addressed. A recent case study that drives to the heart of this question provides the foundation for informed discussion and recommendations.

With the demand for energy increasing, Alberta will continue to be a major source of energy into the future. As such, it is imperative that legislation is designed to ensure proper life-cycle management of Alberta's coal resources.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">M. A. </style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Environmental Science</style></custom1><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Coal Valley Resources Ltd, (Obed, Coal Valley, Gregg River), Elk Valley Coal Corporation (Cheviot, Cardinal River)</style></custom2><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/811403839</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Science</style></custom4></record></records></xml>