Water Not Coal

07/24/2026

💧🏔️ We know that the Water Not Coal volunteer canvassers were extremely diligent in checking ID, and clearly explaining to people what they were signing.

They were successful in collecting over 207,000 signatures‼️ asking Alberta to permanently protect the eastern slopes of the rockies from environmentally damaging coal mining.

The Elections Alberta verification process has raised many questions about how these signatures were checked. 🔎 We are trying to get a better sense of the verification experience.

📨 If you, or anyone you know was contacted by Elections Alberta please fill out this form https://verify.waternotcoal.ca, or send us a DM!

Our work to protect the mountains, ranch lands, and rivers isn't over. 👊

07/19/2026

📞 Water Not Coal has questions regarding the citizens initiative verification experience. If you were one of the 384 people out of 196,088 validated signatures contacted during the Elections Alberta verification process, we want to hear from you! Please send us details of your experience by:

🔗 Completing the form at verify.waternotcoal.ca
📨 Emailing us at [email protected]
🔔 Sending us a DM

If you know someone who was contacted send them this post & tag them in the coments below!

07/10/2026

07/04/2026

Elections Alberta has announced that the Water Not Coal petition did not meet the required threshold under the Citizen Initiative Act. It does not take away from the loud and clear message that was sent - Albertans do not want new coal mines in our water sources. 

This outcome does not end the movement to protect Alberta’s Eastern Slopes. We will review Elections Alberta’s findings, consider next steps, and continue to press for a transparent and fair process that gives Albertans a meaningful voice in decisions that affect water, land, and livelihoods.

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06/26/2026

Thanks to the support of thousands of Albertans Water Not Coal’s message was received loud and clear on June 10 when we delivered over 200,000 signatures. 🏔️💧💚 What happens next is yet to be determined, but in the meantime, our signatures are being validated and we need your help in the next stage of the process ‼️

⚠️Elections Alberta will call and email a random sample of petition signatories to verify their information. It is vitally important to the success of the petition that everyone who is contacted by Elections Alberta is prepared to answer Elections Alberta’s questions.

🏔️Please help us and share this information in your communities!🏔️

🔴 Elections Alberta will verify your name and residential address (not your PO box!), and ask if you signed the petition; were an eligible elector at the time of signing; and what form of ID was shown to the canvasser. 🔗 The full details can be found at waternotcoal.ca

Once our petition has been verified, the government will respond, and Water Not Coal will be ready for whatever comes after that. The Water Not Coal petition compels the government to either create legislation prohibiting new coal development in the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains, or put the question on the ballot of an upcoming referendum — and we will do everything we can to protect the Eastern Slopes.

Water Not Coal wouldn’t have come this far without the incredible support of Albertans like you. What began as a petition campaign has become a province‑wide movement—thanks to our volunteers and to Albertans who know our mountains and our water are worth protecting.

Keep up the great work—we will do the same. 👊

06/25/2026

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06/11/2026

We did it Folks! We will be taking a break and a breath for a few days. We hope you are able to as well. On behalf of the Water Not Coal team THANK YOU for this incredible accomplishment. What an amazing community.