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I managed to catch the beginning of the rally for #ClimateAction happening in #Edmonton today.
Here’s a short photo thread. 📷🧵
@CJEdmonton @ActivistAlberta
#ClimateEmergency #ableg
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
Here’s a short photo thread. 📷🧵
@CJEdmonton @ActivistAlberta
#ClimateEmergency #ableg
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
Panorama of the crowd gathered near the Federal Building.
Hundreds here socially distanced.
#ableg #ClimateCrisis #ClimateActionNow
Hundreds here socially distanced.
#ableg #ClimateCrisis #ClimateActionNow
Great morning rally at a #StampedeBreakfast, letting #Otoole and #Kenney know how we really feel. People brought lots of diverse concerns, but biggies were the treatment of #ABnurses and protecting our #EasternSlopes #Waternotcoal Of course, the @YYCRagingGranny were there 2!
Gentle reminder: if you want Conservatives out of office, your fight is also with the businesses that support them.
The Left tends to be a bit optimistic in thinking that the Right will play fair. They will not.
The rich will do whatever they can to block the Left.
#cdnpoli
The Left tends to be a bit optimistic in thinking that the Right will play fair. They will not.
The rich will do whatever they can to block the Left.
#cdnpoli
If you're new to the party & happen to be a hockey fan, make sure you follow the money to see what your team is doing with your support.
In Alberta, @NHL teams are owned by billionaires who use their wealth to back Conservatives like Jason Kenney.
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In Alberta, @NHL teams are owned by billionaires who use their wealth to back Conservatives like Jason Kenney.
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And if you ever see someone wear or flaunt an "I heart oil" hoodie, sweatshirt, hat, or bumper sticker, they've either been brainwashed or gaslit into harming you and your kids.
Oil and gas doesn't love you back.
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Oil and gas doesn't love you back.
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"We have successfully contained the more contagious variants" @jkenney, March 1st, 2021. 📺
#PrematureCelebration
#ableg
via reddit: reddit.com/r/alberta/comm…👀
#PrematureCelebration
#ableg
via reddit: reddit.com/r/alberta/comm…👀
"We’re prepared, and we’re doing a great job with it. And it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away."
--Donald Trump. March 10, 2020.
--Donald Trump. March 10, 2020.
“One thing I think we’re learning epidemiologically is that that population has a very high level of immune resistance, of immunity, and resilience against 🦠an influenza🦠 of this nature,”
--Jason Kenney. May, 2020
calgaryherald.com/opinion/braid-…
--Jason Kenney. May, 2020
calgaryherald.com/opinion/braid-…
This is a good reminder that powerful vested interests don't cede ground without organized, collective action on the part of hundreds of thousands of people.1/n
#MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #JustTransition #GreenNewDealNow
#MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #JustTransition #GreenNewDealNow
Mary Ann Hitt reminds us that 12 yrs ago, climate & env health activists were told that the US would also be reliant on coal for electricity--just as we are told today that demand for oil will continue to grow. 2/n
The US relied on coal for 50% of its electricity. Today, that figure is down to 20% and falling. It can be done, when there is political will to mobilize the necessary resources. 3/n
Here’s a quick thread on the rally to oppose the open pit coal mining that threatens to pollute the water on the Eastern slopes.
I arrived at the reconciliation bridge proud to see how many people came out today.
#MountainsNotMines
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I arrived at the reconciliation bridge proud to see how many people came out today.
#MountainsNotMines
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Quick acknowledgement: I would not have learned about this rally to support @NiitsitapiWater without @N8V_Calgarian amplifying their voice on twitter.
Marching through Calgary’s business district.
🏔#MountainsNotMines
⛰#DefendABparks
🏔#NoCoalMinesonNiitsitapiLand
🏔#MountainsNotMines
⛰#DefendABparks
🏔#NoCoalMinesonNiitsitapiLand
❗❗❗❗Today's big announcement❗❗❗❗
We are introducing "An Act to Protect Our Mountains", which will:
❗Put an immediate stop to any coal development and exploration on the Eastern Slopes, and cancel exploration permits on the entire Eastern Slopes; (1/6)
#ableg #abpoli
We are introducing "An Act to Protect Our Mountains", which will:
❗Put an immediate stop to any coal development and exploration on the Eastern Slopes, and cancel exploration permits on the entire Eastern Slopes; (1/6)
#ableg #abpoli
❗Permanently cancel all coal leases and applications in Categories 1 and 2 lands (under the 1976 Coal Development Policy) and cancel all other leases on the entire Eastern Slopes issued after May 2019; (2/6)
#abenergy #abcoal #DefendOurMountains #MountainsNotMines
#abenergy #abcoal #DefendOurMountains #MountainsNotMines
❗Stop currently planned changes to water allocations, including from the Old Man River Basin, and prioritize community, agricultural and ecological needs and health. Industrial coal projects should not receive special treatment; (3/6)
So according to Sonya Savage 6 existing coal leases can go forward on Category 2 land, pending AER approval...
I believe that'd be:
Valory Resources, Atrum Coal, Montem Resources, Cabin Ridge, Ram River Coal Corp and Jameson Resources.
#mountainsnotmines #ableg
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I believe that'd be:
Valory Resources, Atrum Coal, Montem Resources, Cabin Ridge, Ram River Coal Corp and Jameson Resources.
#mountainsnotmines #ableg
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I already did a thread on Atrum Coal, remember their Elan Hard Coking project? 230 sq km of coal mining from Crowsnest Pass all the way to Chain Lakes!
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And Ram River, just about the same size, feeding into Edmonton, Red Deer, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba's drinking water. Excellent!
Keep up the fight folks! #mountainsnotmines
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Keep up the fight folks! #mountainsnotmines
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If you look at the companies with coal leases in AB you'll notice they're VERY small companies that only exist for a specific project (Ex. Montem, Ram River, Atrum) or they're a subsidiary of a mining major. (Benga)
We should all be concerned about this... 1/n
If you look at the companies with coal leases in AB you'll notice they're VERY small companies that only exist for a specific project (Ex. Montem, Ram River, Atrum) or they're a subsidiary of a mining major. (Benga)
We should all be concerned about this... 1/n
For instance...
Montem: 0.23 cents per share, market cap $46M, Sept 2020 IPO
Atrum $0.26 cents per share $150M market cap
Benga, limited subsidiary of Riversdale resources, which is a subsidiary of the mining giant Hancock Prospecting (still with me?) 2/n
Montem: 0.23 cents per share, market cap $46M, Sept 2020 IPO
Atrum $0.26 cents per share $150M market cap
Benga, limited subsidiary of Riversdale resources, which is a subsidiary of the mining giant Hancock Prospecting (still with me?) 2/n
Companies like Montem and Atrum with market caps in the 10s or 100s of millions don't have a chance at being able to pay cleanup costs unless the project is a screaming success.
For comparison, Teck Coal has a market cap of 12.59 BILLION.
Who's on the hook then? Albertans. 3/n
For comparison, Teck Coal has a market cap of 12.59 BILLION.
Who's on the hook then? Albertans. 3/n
I heard @jkenney likes penguins. The penguins have joined the fight!🐧✊
#ableg #mountainsnotmines #greenlineyyc #handsoffmypension #defendabparks
@CupeAB @AB_MD_WarRoom @albertaNDP @cpawssab @projectcalgary @SAndersonshpk @yomeeks @youseepeeYYC @TheBreakdownAB @HandmaidAlberta
#ableg #mountainsnotmines #greenlineyyc #handsoffmypension #defendabparks
@CupeAB @AB_MD_WarRoom @albertaNDP @cpawssab @projectcalgary @SAndersonshpk @yomeeks @youseepeeYYC @TheBreakdownAB @HandmaidAlberta
It would be a shame if people RT/liked or saved this image and posted it in response to UCP MLA's tweets, especially @JasonNixonAB @sonyasavage @adrianalagrange @RicMcIver @shandro @demetriosnAB @devindvote @doug_schweitzer
A real shame.... 🐧#PenguinResistance #ableg
A real shame.... 🐧#PenguinResistance #ableg
@hollyhoye 😁😂
OK #ableg #mountainsnotmines #defendabparks I read up on the Ram Coal Corp leases near Nordegg.
Another thread on one of many coal companies aiming to set up shop in Alberta, putting our mountains, water, and nature at risk.
Today's focus: Water 1/10
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Another thread on one of many coal companies aiming to set up shop in Alberta, putting our mountains, water, and nature at risk.
Today's focus: Water 1/10
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Here's a map of Ram Coal Corp's leases and their "Aries" project. All on former cat 2 land where open pit coal mining would have been prevented by the now rescinded 1976 coal policy
200+ sq km of leased land for coal exploration, only 15km from the N. Sask river. 🏞️
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200+ sq km of leased land for coal exploration, only 15km from the N. Sask river. 🏞️
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Remember @albertandp plan to protect the Bighorn Wilderness that the UCP were angry about and scrapped?
"There was a tremendous amount of economic concerns and questions that were not answered." - Jason Nixon
Economic concerns like....coal mines?🧐
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed… 3/10
"There was a tremendous amount of economic concerns and questions that were not answered." - Jason Nixon
Economic concerns like....coal mines?🧐
cbc.ca/news/canada/ed… 3/10
OK #ableg and #mountainsnotmines Friends:🚨
I took a look through Atrum Coal's project documents for their Elan coal (open pit mining) project in Southern Alberta so that you don't have to.
First, let's start with an overview of the project...🧵 1/8
I took a look through Atrum Coal's project documents for their Elan coal (open pit mining) project in Southern Alberta so that you don't have to.
First, let's start with an overview of the project...🧵 1/8
Located on former cat 2 lands, the open pit mining site "possesses the potential for multiple large scale mining operations", covering 230 sq km from Crowsnest Pass to Chain Lakes🤯
Oh, and is that the Oldman River on the southern end of it? Why yes, yes it is. 2/8
Oh, and is that the Oldman River on the southern end of it? Why yes, yes it is. 2/8
This is from their investment video -- "We're going to make a lot of money but say bye bye to that mountain" 👋 3/8
Jason Nixon's reassurances are not credible. Look at the evidence, Albertans, and not at the pretty words. First, Alberta does not have a "robust" environmental regulatory system. Is there one environmental lawyer in Canada who would agree with this? 1/n #abpoli
One conservation biologist? One landscape ecologist? One conservation association? One environmental policy expert? One authority on the ecology of the eastern slopes? 2/n @Ablawg @ABWilderness @cpaws
Do you want to ask some of the landowners who have abandoned well sites on their properties? Indigenous communities living downstream of the oilsands? Or maybe have a look at the Cheviot mine site? 3/n
This is a very informative and accessible (to non-scientists) explanation of how selenium gets into water, food, and animals, and how the Grassy Mountain coal mine would be likely to affect selenium levels in the Oldman River and throughout the watershed. 1/n
#Alberta #aboli
#Alberta #aboli
"[T]he top three sources of man-made selenium contamination worldwide in order of greatest to least are:
1. Mining
2. Irrigation
3. Feedlots
The Oldman River and South Saskatchewan watersheds already have large feedlots and supply irrigation." 2/n
1. Mining
2. Irrigation
3. Feedlots
The Oldman River and South Saskatchewan watersheds already have large feedlots and supply irrigation." 2/n
"If additional pressures from a new coal mine were added to these watersheds, this area would be unique in the world as having all three top contributors to selenium contamination." 3/n
@JonathanWNV @HMcPhersonMP @SPhillipsAB @row1960 @DrewPAnderson @Pembina @cpawssab
@JonathanWNV @HMcPhersonMP @SPhillipsAB @row1960 @DrewPAnderson @Pembina @cpawssab
