CPAWS Northern Alberta
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Dedicated to protecting public lands, waters and nature. Caribou, Parks, #ABForCoalFreeRockies, and the Boreal Forest. Living & Working on Treaty 6 Territory
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Joined September 2009
Disappointed (but not surprised) that CST Coal was given a nominal fine of $9,000 for releasing mine wastewater into the Smoky River in 2023. ℹ️ #AbLeg #AlbertaNews #AlbertaCoal.
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CPAWS Northern Alberta is disappointed to learn that CST Coal will be fined a nominal fee of $9,000 by the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) for releasing mine wastewater into the Smoky River in March...
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FREE EVENT: We're hosting a workshop with @powcanada.bsky.social 's Edmonton Chapter next Thursday. Learn crucial steps to engage with elected officials, write your own script about the issues you care most about, and learn how to keep the momentum going!
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🏈 It's #SuperBowlSunday! 🏈 Hosted at the Caesars Superdome - one of the largest fixed dome structures in the world! . #DYK that 430 Superdomes would be needed to contain the tailings fluid (waste product from the oil sands) from northern Alberta!?. #MakePollutersPay
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Half of our tickets are gone for our tailings event next Thursday, February 6th at SNAP! . 🎬 : Film screening "Killer Water" .📣 : Hear from CPAWS and Keepers of the Water .🎨 : Silk screen a t-shirt (Designs below!). 🎟️: #yegEvents #exploreEdmonton
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JOINT RELEASE: The charges against @ImperialOil are necessary but do not substitute for reform of the provincial @AER_news regulator:
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Joint Statement by Indigenous and environmental groups on the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) laying nine charges against Imperial Oil for releasing toxic tailings waste at its Kearl mine in February...
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🚨 NEWS 🚨 @YourAlberta has quietly removed the moratorium on coal in #Alberta which dispels any suspicion on what the announced Coal Industry Modernization Initiative will mean for the Eastern Slopes. Statement out with @cpawssab :
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CPAWS Northern and Southern Alberta are deeply disappointed to learn that the moratorium on coal exploration and development has been removed.
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At last, communities may see justice from the Imperial Oil Kearl Mine Tailings spill incident that came to light in 2023. Nine charges have been laid against the company by the Alberta Energy Regulator:
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Imperial Oil is facing nine charges for allowing millions of litres of contaminated wastewater to leak from its Kearl oilsands mine in northern Alberta, and for failing to mitigate the environmental...
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Remember 2 years ago when a tailings leak was happening for MONTHS unreported before it surfaced publicly? We are hosting an event to commemorate the incident, with a film screening "Killer Water", t-shirt making and more. RSVP:
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Film screening and t-shirt making with SNAP Art Gallery
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New study by ecologist Kevin Timoney shows that there is NO DATA supporting Alberta Energy Regulator's claims that majority of spills are cleaned up without harm to wildlife
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RT @JohnEMarriott: This is something that absolutely must not be allowed to happen. Zero reason for AB to log old growth caribou habitat, e….
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RT @thenarwhalca: SCOOP🍨: Albertans were surprised to learn cougars can now be hunted in some provincial parks — using hounds. But that pla….
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Off-leash dogs have long been banned in Alberta provincial parks. But a directive ahead of the Alberta cougar-hunting season creates an exception
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Using @ArcGISStoryMaps we built our case in support of a #NationalUrbanPark in the #yeg river valley. This place-based approach showcases how tightly wound communities, wildlife, recreation and culture co-exists in the region :
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RT @ACFN_KaiTaile: “It's an inaccurate risk assessment that is essentially useless for informing decisions around remediation and understan….
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An independent toxicologist says a federal assessment of the contaminated Fort Chipewyan dock site failed to consider how community members use the land to fish, swim and harvest traditional plants.
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An extreme example of slow response to incidents would be the Imperial Oil Kearl leak and spill. We dive into the Alberta Energy Regulator (#AER) 's investigation into CNRL when islands formed in their #tailings ponds:
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A voice for Alberta’s diverse natural spacesnnOur landscapes in Alberta are rich in biodiversity and core to the identity of people living in the province.
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RT @NdbYyc1305: I thought that this Bill was performative nonsense but then I see that it gives the LGiC the power to change the status of….
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Proposed legislation will create a made-in-Alberta approach to grow Alberta’s visitor economy, create jobs and welcome billions of dollars of private investment.
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