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jansplanet.bsky.social
@mark-carney.bsky.social & @evansolomon.bsky.social are you aware this will result in killing & sacrificing Alberta, first, in your race to enable AI?

#WonderValley is a #climate bomb & perhaps worst of all it’s unnecessary.
#EnvironmentalLaw
#FreePriorInformedConsent
#CapturedRegulator #NoGasForAI
Proposed data centre would release ‘23 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs worth of energy’ a day, physicist says | CBC News
An analysis of the mammoth Wonder Valley data centre suggests it would release the equivalent of 23 atom bombs of heat waste into the boreal forest of northwestern Alberta every day. A Utah State Univ...
www.cbc.ca
November 1, 2026 at 7:09 PM
jansplanet.bsky.social
Smith UCP & #CapturedRegulator:
❌Renewables are #Bad for #Alberta & birds.

Roads & Dev that will increase the likelihood of Greater Sage Grouse extirpation ✅ Good!

Call Thor Res Pres & CEO Brent Jonah & let him know he must develop outside of this critical habitat! 403-457-2225
#UnethicalAlberta
Government of Alberta quietly lifts restrictions protecting endangered Greater Sage-Grouse - CPAWS Southern Alberta
Provincial habitat protections for the endangered Greater Sage-Grouse have been removed
cpaws-southernalberta.org
October 16, 2026 at 10:46 PM
jansplanet.bsky.social
“The Athabasca River shouldn’t be a toxic dump. Clean water, healthy food & breathable air are not a nice-to-have. They are life-giving, essential & a human right.”

#ProfitablePolluters must #CleanUpTheirMess

#AbPoli #CdnPoli #UnethicalAlberta #CapturedRegulator #FailingPetroState 
Prevent Harm and Pollution: Demand Federal Action on Toxic Tailings
Sign on to ask the federal government to prevent further tailings pollution and harms by using all the regulatory tools it has, including the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.
act.environmentaldefence.ca
October 7, 2026 at 5:22 AM
kprobinson0155.bsky.social
The total fines will be = <1 day of production for Kearl.
#CapturedRegulator
January 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
jansplanet.bsky.social
"Companies are more than willing to take Albertan resources for profit, only to avoid the cost of cleaning up their contaminated sites through bankruptcy. This isn’t an anomaly — at this point, it seems to be their business model…not the first case…nor will it be the last”
#CapturedRegulator #AbPoli
An oil and gas company just left behind an estimated $476M cleanup mess in Alberta | The Narwhal
The mess is left behind by a tangled web of Chinese investors and a company based in the British Virgin Islands.
thenarwhal.ca
April 17, 2026 at 2:59 AM
jansplanet.bsky.social
Time’s up, Nenshi must share the NDP plan to deal with the #oilsands hazardous waste, orphan liabilities & unpaid taxes. The Oil & Gas industry are planning on the #UCP implementing the #MAS, so #taxpayers are forced to pay to cleanup their mess
#AbPoli #CdnPoli #CapturedRegulator
Cleanupyourmess.ca
CleanUpYourMess.ca — Exposing Alberta's $60 billion aging well cleanup crisis
Rural Albertans are being left to pay for oil companies' $60 billion cleanup bill. Share your story and help stop the Mature Asset Strategy.
Cleanupyourmess.ca
March 31, 2026 at 8:53 PM
jansplanet.bsky.social
The problem is, transparency does not exist in Alberta.

#UnethicalAlberta #AbPoli #AER #CapturedRegulator #MakingItUpAsTheyGoAlong
Canada-Alberta methane agreement shows promise, with success riding on equivalency details and transparency - Canadian Climate Institute
Statement from the Canadian Climate Institute on a new Canada-Alberta agreement-in-principle on reducing methane emissions
climateinstitute.ca
March 25, 2026 at 8:58 PM
jansplanet.bsky.social
#MAS is unnecessary if the industry would follow the law, and the government would do their job.

#PolluterPays #abpoli #AER #CapturedRegulator #FailingPetrostate #UnethicalAlberta

cleanupyourmess.ca/write-your-mla
an oil pump with a white sticker on it that says ' a ' on it
ALT: an oil pump with a white sticker on it that says ' a ' on it
media.tenor.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
jansplanet.bsky.social
#FireRobMorgan #AER #AbPoli #CapturedRegulator #PetroCons #MAGAcon #FailingPetroState #ResignRob #UnethicalAlberta

www.theenergymix.com/alberta-regu...
September 8, 2025 at 1:07 AM
jansplanet.bsky.social
Allowed to expand, without a viable plan.

'Despite over 50 years of technological innovations for oil sands mining development, no single operator has determined a safe & stable reclamation approach to oil sands tailings ponds.'

#AER #CapturedRegulator
environmentaldefence.ca/2022/07/12/d...
Debunking Four Myths about Oil Sands Tailings “Ponds” - Environmental Defence
Co-written by Gillian Chow-Fraser, Boreal Program Manager at CPAWS Northern Alberta There are massive tailings ponds leaking toxic water into the
environmentaldefence.ca
September 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
jansplanet.bsky.social
#AbPoli #MountainsNotMines
#NoCoal #AER #CapturedRegulator

albertawilderness.ca/oppose-cance...
Send a Letter: Oppose the Cancellation of a Public Hearing for Summit Coal Inc.'s Mine 14 Project - Alberta Wilderness Association
Send your letter if you disagree with the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) CEO's decision to cancel the public hearing.
albertawilderness.ca
September 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
jansplanet.bsky.social
Corrupt & willfully clueless.
'The public hearing was set to occur on October 21, 2025. That is, until #AER CEO Rob Morgan, former oil & gas executive, cancelled the hearing outright on August 21/25, following a request directly from Summit'

#CapturedRegulator
albertawilderness.ca/joint-news-r...
Joint News Release: AER CEO claims unprecedented power to cancel public hearing for coal mine - Alberta Wilderness Association
On August 21, 2025, the CEO of the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) cancelled the public hearing for Mine 14, an underground metallurgical coal mine near Grande Cache, proposed by Summit Coal Inc.
albertawilderness.ca
August 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
jansplanet.bsky.social
A message from the Polluter Pay Federation:

INDUSTRY FAT CATS CAN AFFORD TO CLEAN UP THEIR OWN MESS!

David Yager's Mature Asset Strategy is an attack on the orphan fund!

open.substack.com/pub/dwightpo...

#FailingPetroState #UnethicalAER #CorruptAlberta #AbPoli #PollutersPay #CapturedRegulator
A cartoon image entitled: Alberta Orphan Fund. The cartoon shows People crowded under an umbrella, gasping, trying to stay under it, & have it shield them as a guy labeled with ‘I'm Dave Yager’ pulls the umbrella away from them. Caption reads: “I'll take this MATURE ASSET STRATEGY” Tell Alberta Premier Danielle Smith: "don't mess with our protection"! Alberta is flooded with, and its pouring, unfunded oil and gas liabilities. It will cost hundreds of $billions to close mature oil and gas wells and facilities. Not much funding has been set aside from industry profits for this purpose because INDUSTRY PROPOSED THE ORPHAN FUND. The good news is wise legislators of the past created Alberta's unique "orphan fund". The fund's sole purpose is to protect citizens from oil and gas closure risks in the event that regulatory systems, put in place to manage upstream oil and gas liabilities, fail. The orphan fund concept requires industry to pay for closure of so-called "orphan" wells belonging to non-existent, failed, companies. It's becoming expensive for industry so it has come under attack. INDUSTRY FAT CATS CAN AFFORD TO CLEAN UP THEIR OWN MESSES. David Yager's Mature Asset Strategy is an attack on the orphan fund! A message from the Polluter Pay Federation
March 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
jansplanet.bsky.social
“Does a CO2 pipeline leak in Mississippi hold lessons for Canada?

Alberta oil companies want to build a CO2 pipeline. But shipping the gas this way could carry risks”

#CCS #EIA #AER #CapturedRegulator
#FailingPetroState #UnethicalAlberta
March 17, 2025 at 3:36 AM
jansplanet.bsky.social

“Where's her responsibility here in Alberta, and if she's out there to give more oil for free, how's she going to do it with a broken regulatory system here in Alberta that's not working?”
#FireSmith
#AbPoli #FireTheUCP #AbLeg #FailingPetroState #AER #CapturedRegulator
jansplanet.bsky.social Janet 🇨🇦 @jansplanet.bsky.social · Jan 20
'not only does there seem to be a captured regulator in Alberta, but also a captured legislature.
“These things [have] got to be answered, instead of running off to Mar-a-Lago to meet with Donald Trump,” Adam said of Premier Danielle Smith.'
#UnethicalAlberta
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/20/n...
Will the Alberta Energy Regulator impose real fines against Imperial over Kearl spill?
Nine charges against Imperial Oil were laid Friday over a toxic spill in northern Alberta by the province’s energy regulator.
www.nationalobserver.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
jansplanet.bsky.social
Alberta this is a #corruptProcess‼️ Brian Jean, Schulz & our #UCP government are lying when they tell you, Northback will be able to extract coal without significantly damaging the environment, agriculture, & ecotourism.
The AER IS A #CapturedRegulator #climate #pollution #CdnPoli #AbLeg #AbAg
jennyyeremiy.bsky.social Jenny Yeremiy, P. Geoph 🪶🌿🇵🇸🇳🇬🇱🇧🇨🇦 @jennyyeremiy.bsky.social · Jan 14
Livingston Landowner Group Lawyer: If the socio-economic benefits are in scope for the AER, from commercial scale development, is in scope of the environmental impacts in scope?
NB: yes, we are asking the AER to consider the economic merits of coal mining

…but the environmental impacts are not. 🔥
January 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
jansplanet.bsky.social
The #UCP are selling out & endangering our water by opening the door & allowing #Northback back in! We the people do not want #coal mining in the Rocky Mountains! #AbPoli #UnethicalAlberta #CapturedRegulator
Me standing outside the Alberta Energy Regulator beside a large banner that reads Protect Alberta water. I am holding a sign that reads: Protect Our Water Albertabeyondcoal.ca over a drawing of the Rocky Mountains and foothills of Alberta with a stream and animal grazing. Raging Grannies protesting coal mining
January 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
jansplanet.bsky.social
‘CEO Laurie Pushor is quoted as saying: “Industry’s improvements in water use reflect our shared commitment to responsible and efficient resource development.” But according to the AER’s own report, oil sands companies are actually using MORE water to produce each barrel of oil.’ #CapturedRegulator
December 19, 2024 at 3:41 AM
jansplanet.bsky.social
The AER is still a #CapturedRegulator
#MakePollutersPay

Regulator orders Alberta oilsands site to shut down following string of alleged infractions

Calgary-based Sunshine Oilsands required to post $6.1-million security deposit
Wallis Snowdon · CBC
Nov 19, 2024
#AbPoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Regulator orders Alberta oilsands site to shut down following string of alleged infractions | CBC News
An oilsands operator in northern Alberta has been ordered to shut down due to repeated failures to meet its regulatory obligations.
www.cbc.ca
November 22, 2024 at 4:07 AM
jansplanet.bsky.social
Will you be in the carbon capture ‘kill zone’?
🆘☠️#AbPoli #FailedPetroState #CapturedRegulator #UnethicalAb #ImpactAssessment #PathwaysAlliance #Climate #GreenWashing #TRC
#EnvironmentalDisaster
www.nationalobserver.com/2024/08/30/a...
Will you be in the carbon capture ‘kill zone’?
If plans to expand carbon capture technology are pursued, it will mean a network of hundreds, if not thousands, of kilometres of concentrated CO2 pipelines running under communities and Indigenous nat...
www.nationalobserver.com
August 30, 2024 at 6:18 PM