How big of a drain on society is Alberta’s Mature Oil & Gas activity crisis? Find out on online or attend one of these Town Halls or meetings 1. Online Oct. 2 CleanUpYourMess.ca 2. Warburg Oct. 14 3. Falher Oct. 16 4. Vegreville Oct. 22

The final speaker in our fascinating and controversial series on Dave Yager’s Alberta Mature Asset Strategy Report is Bill Heidecker of the Alberta Surface Rights Federation(front right below). The @thenarwhalca attended and accurately reported on two of these meetings. Pls help spread the word!

It didn’t take long for an oil company to rely on the flawed decision of the CEO of Alberta Energy Regulator to cancel a hearing on coal applications, commented on by Prof. @nigelb.bsky.social, to argue landowner associations should be denied (intervenor) status in AER Proceeding ID 462. #AERReform

Author David Yager of Alberta’s Mature Asset Strategy calls the oil & gas issues facing Alberta “a stinking pile of shit” at the Warburg landowner meeting I arranged. Story below. thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oil-...

This Tuesday I welcomed this Chief of Staff to speak to landowners, colleagues & others who trust me as to very important matters. I wonder: Is this true? Alberta energy minister’s chief of staff runs political third party with oil and gas lobbyist. theijf.org/alberta-ener...

One of the most ill-conceived and uninformed regulatory decisions of all time. But does it rise to the level of obstructing justice? 🚨CEO of Alberta Energy Regulator Rob Morgan used powers I believe he does not possess to cancel a rare hearing🚨 #AERReform www.theenergymix.com/alberta-regu...

I’m proud to belong to Warburg Pembina Surface Rights Group, educating Alberta landowners & the public monthly (except in winter) for half a century. I usually arrange for speakers (sometimes me). @nagwanyyc.bsky.social spoke recently, covered her substack. ✅. open.substack.com/pub/nagwanyyc/…

If you are interested in keeping Alberta from going bankrupt because we let oil & gas run wild, you might want to attend this Mature Asset Strategy event on September 9th at 7PM. It’s shaping up to be quite a night with important attendees.

Holy! This X post by a very rude dude who has me blocked explains a lot. If you don’t know who (broke) Pieridae is, or aren’t aware of their regulatory struggles, you won’t get it.

Wakey wakey slumbering Alberta citizens. A huge portion of Alberta’s spent conventional oil & gas wells are owned by small broke producers. This is the tip of the iceberg that could cost you big $. Regulator orders oil and gas company to abandon 36 sites | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

ALARMING: Press release issued by parties granted full participatory status in an Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) hearing (coal mining issues). 🚨The CEO of the AER reconsidered a decision of the quasi-judicial hearing panel, Hearing cancelled!🚨 albertawilderness.ca/joint-news-r...

In this piece ⬇️ Jody MacPherson does a great job explaining the risks of, and Alberta govt. spin put on, the controversial Mature Asset Strategy by the “war room”. jodymacpherson.substack.com/p/the-war-ro...

Some people are just nice! @nagwanyyc.bsky.social

If you are between Calgary and Red Deer, Alberta and have concerns about who will bear the cost of oil & gas industry and regulatory gambles, come to a Town Hall tonight in Didsbury (7 PM Elks Hall):

Last night (Warburg) we had a lively, informative, respectful discussion, on Alberta’s Mature Asset Strategy. @NagwanYYC.bluesky.social, shadow Energy & Mines minister, opposition NDP, spoke to landowners. She was warmly welcomed. 👏 A govt. official was in the audience making it interesting!

Are you in the Edmonton Drayton Valley, Alberta area? Interested in the topic of who will bear the cost of closing down mature conventional oil & gas infrastructure in the near future, industry or you? $130 billion is on the line. Come to Warburg tonight:

I’m busy helping organize two free events to inform citizens and host oil & gas landowners about Alberta’s Mature Asset Strategy (posters below). If you live near Edmonton come to Warburg August 12. If you live in Calgary or in the area to the north come to Didsbury August 14.

Are the rights of those who host oil and gas on their land about to be weakened under the guise of Alberta's Mature Asset Strategy? Will citizens be required to cover the cost of industry sins through new legislation in the fall? The discussion starts in Didsbury on August 14. Join us!

Out spreading the word around Sundre, Harmattan. We’re holding a Landowner / Community Town Hall Didsbury, Alberta on August 14 at 7 PM. Elks Hall. Mature Asset Strategy.

Natural gas (mainly methane) is harmful to human health. Good to see a report on this. With respect, I disagree with a regulatory point (IMO Alberta wells not properly suspended must be abandoned - plugged - by law). Huge issue - impact of venting on landowner compensation - not addressed.

Our Surface Rights Group series of talks & discussion on the Alberta Govt. Mature Asset Strategy continues August 12 at 7PM in Warburg. Is it a scam? Special Guest Speaker Nagwan Al Guneid, Official Opposition shadow cabinet Energy and Minerals. She is seeking landowner feedback on energy issues.

If you want the Alberta Ethics Commissioner to investigate conflicts of interest by David Yager, sign up here. It’s fast and easy! Flag David Yager’s potential conflicts of interest to Alberta’s ethics watchdog - Ecojustice | Ecojustice ecojustice.ca/take-action/...

The flak related to the so-called Alberta (oil &gas) Mature Asset Strategy is just beginning. I think the Premier already regrets putting Yager on this file. If not, she soon will. It was a bad choice.

I filed two challenges to the Alberta Energy Regulator's orphan fund levy decisions and hosted a C4RE press conference. Link to Energy Mix coverage below. On July 3 the Regulator gave the application(s) Ref. No. 1958245. A thread on how to follow: 1/3 www.theenergymix.com/albertas-orp...

Alberta: Remember the R-Star Scam? It apparently died on the vine b/c of perceived public outrage, after the media & opposition belatedly picked up on that grab of citizen $. The (oil & gas) “Mature Asset Strategy” you’re not hearing about makes RStar look like child’s play! Where are the media?

Proud to be a part of the rural town hall (including this one at Warburg) part of this equation (that doesn’t quite add up given the Alberta Premier’s broad rural support). Next Warburg meeting on “Mature Asset Strategy” are July 8 & August 12 (2nd Tuesday of month). thenarwhal.ca/alberta-big-...

I’m grateful for the media coverage of our Coalition for Responsible Energy (C4RE) launch last week. But negative health impacts of irresponsible oil & gas operations that Dr. Norm Campbell (pictured below) spoke of were somewhat overshadowed. Let’s begin to do far better Alberta!

About 4 minutes into her radio show “Your Province Your Premier”, Alberta Premier Smith completely avoids a question about the challenge mounted by Dwight Popowich and C4RE as to Alberta Energy Regulator orphan fund levy decisions. See next post for more info. 1/3 globalnews.ca/edmonton/pro...

This piece includes statements made by Alberta Energy minister Brian Jean that lack context in response to a C4RE Coalition launch and related challenges to orphan fund levy decisions made by the Alberta Energy Regulator. Missing is what the law requires!!! www.reddeeradvocate.com/home/coaliti...

We at the C4RE coalition mounted this challenge to the Alberta Energy Regulator’s orphan well levy decisions. If the orphan fund (citizen safety net) has holes in it because of Regulator decisions, it can’t protect Albertans from orphan well closure costs. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

LIVE coverage: press conference on the @abenergyregulator.bsky.social’s shortcoming in the annual orphan levy. Dwight Popowich files a regulatory reconsideration on behalf of C4RE.ca 1/ @climatemamaclaire.bsky.social @c4re-for-ab.bsky.social @carbonconvo.bsky.social #abpoli #ableg

Absolutely fascinated, thrilled, but somewhat confused by the fact Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) Decision Report 2025 ABAER 006 (Northback Grassy Mountain Coal Exploration) includes draft permits and licences. AER Proceeding 444. #AERReform A thread 🧵 1/n

My Mom has Parkinson’s because the oil well near her garden had a plunger lift in it, cycled to a tank, creating huge gas plumes (the cause of her illness) to make about one barrel of oil per day. $0 annual compensation. The value the Alberta Surface Rights Board put on her life. Responsible oil.

I made a similar post on X, and Vitor Marciano (Chief of Staff to Energy Minister Brian Jean) in reply to it said there were “inaccuracies” in the @thetyee.ca piece which he said was “unsurprising given the sourcing”. I asked him to be more specific.

This is wrong, so I said so. An Alberta Energy Regulator's Close Ties to Danielle Smith via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...

Here’s an easy way To tell tell your Alberta MLA To make polluters pay! (as required by law). As I’ve long held, Polluter pay is the only way! Your Pollution Bill: $60 billion dollars! | Environmental Defence Canada act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/169334/...

This is a very fair and accurate assessment of the revised Mature (oil & gas) Asset Strategy Report as proposed to the Alberta Government by David Yager (special advisor to the Premier and Alberta Energy Regulator Board member). ecojustice.ca/news/vague-i...

There are other ways to allow Alberta oil and gas producers to dump their unfunded liabilities onto landowners, municipal governments and ultimately 🫵you🫵 besides giving them money. A tricky Mature Asset Strategy report, the result of unbalanced consultation and secrecy, is full of such ways.

Albertans should be highly concerned!

Anyone also wondering what a “ClosureCo” is, as described in David Yager’s leaked Alberta Mature Asset Strategy Report? Here’s your answer: They take over well licences and liability for a fee (a crazy plan IMO). But do they lease the minerals? @nigelb.bsky.social search.app/PtFNtNbToDFC...

Mr. William Heidecker, President of the Alberta Surface Rights Federation, released this statement today on the semi-secret Mature Asset Strategy report/“consultation” overseen by advisor to Premier and Alberta Energy Regulator board member Mr. David Yager. As a participant, he was not impressed.

Time flies when discussing the law of right of entry orders (a favourite topic) with Professor @nigelb.bsky.social.! Thanks Nigel!

For decades Alberta's orphan fund (industry $) has protected citizens from bearing closure costs of bankrupt oil and gas company orphan wells. The fund has come under attack from David Yager's "Mature Asset Strategy". Now WE must protect the orphan fund (or pay out $billions)!

Today I asked the energy minister why the UCP is attempting to use Albertans' money to finance the clean up of oil and gas wells. The minister states he believes in the Polluter Pays principle. If so, why does the government's draft report show otherwise?

Unless one is an Alberta oil company required to pay into the legislated orphan fund, passing wells with no owner to the Orphan Well Association is a good thing! The fund purpose is to protect citizens from bearing closure costs of “orphaned” wells. Reject David Yager’s Mature Asset Strategy!

Secrecy 🔥backfire🔥 Mr. Yager. Let’s tell MLAs we won’t pay for the sins of irresponsible oil & gas executives via law changes. Enforce #PolluterPay! Alberta wants to accelerate cleanup of oil and gas wells with taxpayers as backstop, document shows. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Question of the day: Given that it affects virtually everyone’s wallet, why is the Alberta Government’s developing oil & gas Mature Asset Strategy so secret? Why would the head dude David Yager be swearing those like landowners (with directly affected rights) to secrecy?

Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words:

If any firm is to review the “business processes” (strange description) of the quasi-judicial Alberta Land and Property Rights Tribunal it should be a law firm, not an accounting firm.

At Alberta landowner meeting David Yager followed me to the Men’s Room (I have an ileostomy, on wait list for reversal surgery). Then he told the room! The rude dude claimed to be “Minister Without Portfolio” (phone message) and “Advisor to Executive Council”. True or false? 1/3