Danielle Smith's dishonesty in full display in her cynical attack on the renewable energy industry #alberta #energy #DanielleSmith
https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-renewable-energy-pause-timeline/
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This is the way the UCP operate,and shows how little they care about the wellbeing of #Alberta, only of oil and gas. I think this should be shared widely.
The top official at the Alberta Electric System Operator, the organization overseeing the province’s electricity grid — was opposed to a moratorium on new renewable energy projects and was “not comfortable” supporting the decision, according to the documents.
Nevertheless, in July, he was told by his government-appointed board chair to “support the minister without reservation.”
https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-renewables-pause-grid-operator/
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United Nations Special Rapporteur Visits Northern #Alberta
TREATY 6 (EDMONTON)—Representatives from Treaty 8, Treaty 6, and Keepers of the #Water will meet the #UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, during his visit to Canada. Arrojo-Agudo is visiting April 8 - 19 to discuss safe drinking water and sanitation. Alberta is facing a drought in 2024, and the extraction industry still has the right to much of the water that is left.
“Keepers of the Water will attend this meeting to share the serious concerns related to Water, such as the proposal to dump the toxic tailings into the Athabasca River and other industrial contamination concerns, as well as the immense water use by Industry and how that will impact this entire society as we are in a drought.”
Jesse Cardinal, Executive Director, Keepers of the Water
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There should be an international outcry over this. The Alberta Energy Regulator #AER has approved #Suncor to mine a rare patterned fen that holds millions of tonnes of carbon, to produce heavy oil that should never be burned. Project starts next year. #Alberta #wetland #carbon
https://albertawilderness.ca/dontminemcclelland/
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GOTTA LOVE EDMONTON #1
A montage of a chain of incidents with composite conversation a la 'The Conversation' 1974, with Gene Hackman.
"Police complaint line, can I help you?"
"Yes, I filed a complaint 2 weeks ago, file #_________."
"The stolen Honda civic and the Aboriginal thief?"
"Yes."
"Do you have more information?"
"Yes, you can close the file.
"Why"
"The thief died last night in the cold. It was -20°C. He was homeless. He banged on my door at 11:00pm. I threw him out. He was found this morning in the creek ravine. He had mental health issues and was Aboriginal."
"Well, there's one less bad guy in the world."
"Well, he stole my car, and several others, but he was damaged, not 'bad'". "The damage left his head scrambled and it was in a different world from the rest of us. He couldn't get along with people." "And so he was broke", "And homeless."
"He was all of those things because he was Aboriginal, so his mother, being in the Edmonton, had no access to traditional supports when she was pregnant and had a new baby. The White system afforded her no access to White resources so mother and child had basically no support at all. Probably she had no money, either to keep herself or to raise a child."
"And, of course, she was dealing with the effects of 157 years of abuse to her population by Canada, and so had a lot of internal damage of her own to deal with."
"So, really, the fact that he lived till thirty something is rather remarkable, and the fact that he died is more proof of the systemic racism of the system. But never mind, just make a note in the file."
'Goodby'.
#Edmonton, #Alberta, #Indian, #Thief
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The ghost at the bargaining table #Alberta
https://www.townandcountrytoday.com/local-news/government-using-secret-mandates-to-undermine-public-sector-bargaining-report-8389460
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@Cass M 👋🏽 Talking about #Alberta
https://twitter.com/depthsofwiki/status/1764365477508186423
— depths of wikipedia (@depthsofwiki) March 3, 2024
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What a great accomplishment this family from Airdrie #Alberta made in #retrofitting their home to #net_zero. I wish the Greener Homes program would continue https://www.townandcountrytoday.com/beyond-local/alberta-family-turns-1980s-bi-level-into-net-zero-home-8308119
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CITIZEN ACTION: #Alberta, #Canada
Regular pushing is what gets things done (or, in this case, prevents them getting worse)
PatientsFirst.ca Team
"Dear Chris,
Thanks to everyone who tuned in and called into Premier Smith’s radio show. Some of you may have received our email after the show aired.
Here’s a link to today's episode: https://globalnews.ca/national/program/your-province-your-premier/
Remember to get your questions in every second Saturday at 10 AM. This provides a recurring opportunity for you to participate and voice your concerns directly.
Your eagerness to participate in these crucial conversations is what drives us forward.
The Patients First Team"
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Protest an absolutely terrible proposed bylaw that would further criminalize homelessness and peaceful protest, as if things aren't bad enough right now in Edmonton https://nwmd.social/s/copylink/4AiAZ1uXfeHLxQ==/b #Edmonton #Alberta
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With the growing concern across the province that the #Alberta #Energy Regulator seems to operate without sufficient public transparency and has vast discretionary powers, Alberta Wilderness Association opted to host a panel discussion on the theme "Reconsidering the Alberta Energy Regulator." The agency seems to be held captive by industry interests, rather than functioning as it is meant to: making decisions based on the best interests of Indigenous communities, the environment, and the public at large. Recent incidents, like the Kearl spills — and AER's response to it among others — highlights this point. #tarsands #oilsands #oil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sRP4INGLg4&t=1s
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Treaty 8 Territory | Northern Alberta – A year ago, news broke that Imperial Oil’s Kearl mine had been leaking toxic industrial wastewater for over nine months while keeping local Indigenous communities in the dark. The public only learned about the leak after a subsequent spill at the same facility, which released 5.3 million litres of industrial waste into the environment. Despite this, a year later, Imperial Oil has not faced charges or penalties under the Fisheries Act or provincial environmental protection laws. #tarsands #Alberta https://www.keepersofthewater.ca/news/feb6-2024-joint-statement
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“The public should fear that arresting journalists has become the new norm,” Morin said during the conference. “Holding powers to account is the core of journalism.” https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/30/Advocates-Call-Police-Drop-Charges-Indigenous-Reporter/ #Edmonton #Alberta #homeless #indigenous #journalists
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Can the #oil industry afford to clean up its mess? If by ‘mess’ we mean fossil-fuel-induced climate change, the answer is almost certainly ‘no’. But what if we look at a more limited cleanup scenario, restricted to the #remediation of conventional oil and gas wells? Even then, it seems that the oil industry may already be bankrupt.
As a case study, this paper estimates the solvency of the conventional) oilpatch in the Canadian province of #Alberta.
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Writing in the journal Science, scientists have confirmed what Indigenous communities have known — and been calling attention to — for generations. Not only are communities in and around the Alberta tar sands suffering from rare and deadly cancers, their food sources — those same moose and fish they were promised protection for in Treaties — are so contaminated with arsenic, cadmium and methylmercury, they often reek of burning plastic when they hit the frying pan.
#Alberta #tarsands #oilsands #pollution
https://raventrust.com/6300-false-canada-takes-gaslighting-to-a-whole-new-level/
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The Canada Pension Plan, which Alberta premier Danielle Smith wants to take us out of, is the best performing National Pension Fund in the world https://www.cppinvestments.com/newsroom/cpp-investments-ranks-among-worlds-best-with-10-year-returns/ #Alberta #Canada #pension
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It sounds to me like this could have been a mass shooting, with child casualties, and it was averted by the courage of one unarmed man. https://www.townandcountrytoday.com/beyond-local/man-faces-seven-charges-after-edmonton-city-hall-shooting-8158774 #Alberta
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There is growing concern across the province that the Alberta Energy Regulator seems to operate without sufficient public transparency and has vast discretionary powers.Join Alberta Wilderness Association, alongside other interested individuals and groups, for a panel discussion on the theme “Reconsidering the Alberta Energy Regulator.” Great panel, this will be very interesting. #Alberta
https://albertawilderness.ca/awaevent/reconsidering-the-alberta-energy-regulator-panel-discussion/
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