Calgary Climate Week kicks off tomorrow, bringing together communities, innovators, investors, & policymakers to celebrate & accelerate climate solutions. From climate tech tours to a local food showcase & a wide range of community events. Check it out if you're in town!

Teresa is from Vermillion, #Alberta. Teresa’s story is but one of thousands from AB landowners living with aging oil wells and a regulator that won't enforce the polluter-pays law. Learn more > www.cleanupyourmess.ca TAKE ACTION > www.forourkids.ca/send_a_postc... www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsYg...

Alberta’s AI data centre boom: big promises, bigger risks. Communities like Olds are raising alarms over health, water, & energy impacts. CAPE AB volunteers including Dr. @juliasawatzky.bsky.social joined a town hall last month to speak about the health concerns surrounding gas-powered data centres.

If you drill it, you clean it. That was the deal between the provincial government & oil & gas corporations. But the Alberta government is planning to let corporations walk away from cleanup & stick taxpayers with the bill. Come to the Calgary townhall tomorrow & find out how you can get involved!

Alberta’s 275,000 aging oil & gas wells are a public health blind spot. CAPE doctors John O’Connor and Stephen Wilton are among the experts sounding the alarm: without better data, communities near these sites face unknown risks. It’s time for action. #PublicHealth #ClimateJustice #Alberta

Excellent article. Thank you @nigelb.bsky.social et al. ablawg.ca/2026/04/14/t... @www.thegravitywell.net @cape-ab.bsky.social @lorenmcginnis.bsky.social @calgaryclimatehub.ca @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social @chrystia-freeland.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social @naheednenshi.bsky.social

Join us in Airdrie on April 29 to learn how you can get involved to help stop the Alberta government’s handout to oil and gas corporations. Visit the link below to register. albertatalks.ca/stopmas-aird...

Join our friends from Environmental Defence and the Alberta Environmental Network for a free online training session on Wednesday, April 23 to learn how to speak to your MLA about protecting our water from coal pollution, the Mature Asset Strategy, & why this matters to you. No experience required!

The Oil Sands Alliance wants to build a huge, multibillion dollar Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage (CCUS) project across northeast Alberta, paid for by taxpayers. This is a new and largely untested technology, & a leaking or ruptured CO₂ pipeline can harm people within 20km. Take action now!

Alberta-Ottawa methane deal risks 3 million tonnes of extra emissions by delaying action to 2035. Weak provincial rules around venting undercut federal standards. We need strong, science-backed methane rules NOW. Take action: tell Ottawa to close the loopholes! cape.ca/action/harmf...

The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) just released updated rules for the Grassy Mountain coal project, but they still ignore the serious health risks we warned about earlier this year. This project threatens our water, air, and communities. Albertans deserve better. Our health isn’t negotiable.

UPDATE: In an unsettling twist, the Alberta Ethics Commissioner Shawn McLeod has refused to investigate the potential conflicts of interest of Mr. David Yager.

Edmonton folks: the City’s Climate Action Survey closes Jan 30 (Friday). This is a quick, important chance to push for stronger climate and public health action. engaged.edmonton.ca/climateactio... 1/

Meet Teresa from Vermillion, #Alberta. Teresa’s story is but one of thousands from Alberta landowners living with the fallout of leaking oil and gas wells and a #regulator that won’t protect them. Learn more >> ecojustice.ca/news/landown... TAKE ACTION >> www.cleanupyourmess.ca/write-your-mla

Heat is becoming deadlier for outdoor workers — but a new study shows that clear, comprehensive standards can prevent illness and save lives.

📢 ACTION ALERT 📢 Calling all Albertans! Bill 7 is proposing worrisome changes to the Water Act, and we need your help. Here's what you can do to oppose bad water policy in Alberta: albertawilderness.ca/action-alert...

Methane is an invisible health threat, and Alberta’s gas system is leaking it everywhere. Regulators claim progress, but real-world data shows massive underreporting. Rural families are breathing this in while industry shrugs. Alberta needs honest accounting and real protections.

edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... "As physicians, we’re already seeing the impacts of climate change in our practices, from heat-related illnesses to respiratory problems from wildfire smoke," says Julia Sawatzky of @cape-ab.bsky.social cont'd . .

Another major pipeline expansion from Enbridge would mean higher emissions and more health impacts for Albertans. This is the opposite of a just, healthy energy transition.

Many of these people are in Alberta, where aging oil and gas wells litter our landscape and leak methane into our atmosphere. @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social @c4re-for-ab.bsky.social @cape-ab.bsky.social @calgaryclimatehub.ca @forourkidscanada.bsky.social #cleanupyourmess #ableg

A new op-ed from CAPE AB Co-Chair Dr. Julia Sawatzky cuts through the hype: gas-powered AI data centres mean more air pollution, more toxic chemicals, and more pressure on rural & Indigenous communities. Alberta deserves a cleaner vision.

The Calgary Climate Symposium runs Nov 17–21. It’s free, online, and open to all — featuring keynote Dr. Katharine Hayhoe and a health-focused panel with CAPE members Dr. Steve Wilton, Dr. Phil Barber, Dr. Kristen Sjonnesen, and Dr. Christine Gibson. Learn more: calgary.ca/ClimateSymposium

Alberta's pushing new coal mines and a plan to stick taxpayers with $60B in oil well cleanup costs. Join landowners & citizen activists Nov 5 in Calgary to fight back. Free admission + food. Details: CleanUpYourMess.ca/nov5-calgary-townhall #ABLeg

"For a rational civilization, there would be clear incentives to be much bolder in countering this existential crisis." www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/01/o...

Methane from oil and gas sites is fuelling the climate crisis and polluting the air our kids breathe. CAPE joined @forourkidscanada.bsky.social this week for a webinar on why we need strong methane rules now. Watch the recording here:

Coming up on Thursday, Oct 23 - join us for Clean Air, Healthy Kids & Communities: The Case for Strong Methane Regulations. Explore the impacts of methane on kids and communities - and the policy solutions we need in order to end emissions. Registration is still open. RVSP now!

Join @thecityofedmonton.bsky.social and @ualberta.bsky.social on Thursday, Oct. 23 for a free virtual lunch and learn featuring experts on climate trends in Edmonton, the Climate Change + Health Hub, and new tools to connect climate researchers! 💡 ➡️ Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Dr. Norm Campbell, CAPE: “As a general rule, there’s substantive increases in cancers and heart attacks, strokes, dementia, and birth defects [near orphan wells]. These are major causes of death and disability, and rates may be going up by 20% in some of the people living close to these wells.”

Premier Smith’s plan to nearly double Alberta’s oil production puts profits ahead of people’s health. Physicians warn it will worsen air pollution, raise rates of asthma, heart disease, and cancer, and leave taxpayers with the cleanup bill—all while fast-tracking industry projects.

Without proper cleanup, aging oil and gas wells at the end of their producing lives continue to leak methane and toxic pollutants — and potential policy changes in AB risk shifting these cleanup costs onto taxpayers. Learn more at tonight's town hall. 👇

Join us Oct 3 at Edmonton’s Garneau Theatre for an Ecological Grief Dialogue & Film Screening – The Magnitude of All Things with Dr. Ashlee Cunsolo. 🎬🌍 Free event + popcorn & soda! CAPE AB will have a booth, so come say hi! www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-he...

Alberta’s “Mature Asset Strategy” (MAS) is smoke & mirrors. As @ablawg.bsky.social shows, it hides the real origins of the oil & gas cleanup crisis - decades of lax rules + industry lobbying - and shifts costs onto the public instead of making polluters pay. 1/4

🛢️💨 Join us for a virtual town hall exposing how Alberta is letting oil and gas companies off the hook while everyday Canadians pay the price – with their tax dollars and their health. 🗓️ Oct 2 @ 7pm MT 🎤 CAPE AB physicians + landowners + lawyers 🎯 Register: cleanupyourmess.ca/oct2-townhall

Dr. Courtney Howard, former CAPE president, CAPE AB physicians Andrea Hull & John O’Connor, and others coauthored a CMAJ commentary calling for urgent, community-led research on the health impacts of Alberta’s oil sands, amplifying Indigenous concerns and linking environmental protection to health.

Methane is a super-pollutant fueling floods, fires, drought, and heatwaves. Most of it in Canada comes from oil and gas. Cutting methane is the fastest way to protect our kids’ health and climate. Take action here with @forourkidscanada.bsky.social .

Alberta's restrictions on renewable projects have led to the cancellation of enough power to cover 109% of the province's average electricity demand. We're losing clean, affordable electricity & rural tax revenue while investors look elsewhere. Alberta deserves better.

⚡ PHONE ZAP ⚡ AUGUST 27 ⚡ GET THE FEDS TO ACT ON METHANE POLLUTION Did you know that federal methane regulations are ready to go? Let's help get them across the finish line! Join our phone zap and let's use our collective voice for climate action! www.forourkids.ca/methane_phon...

Over 100 groups, including @cape-acme.bsky.social, are calling on Mark Carney to back a bold, renewable-powered east–west grid. Clean energy, good jobs, stronger communities, healthier futures—with Indigenous rights and workers at the centre.

Alberta has scrapped its limits on methane gas flaring. The province flared 36% over its limit last year. Dr. @jvipondmd.bsky.social explains why this move by the Province is a disaster for public health and why @cape-acme.bsky.social wants the cap reinstated.

Fires are raging across the prairies. Parents and caregivers are unequivocal - we need urgent action to reduce #methane pollution. We must #ProtectWhatWeLove #CleanAirDay #EnviroWeek Please sign our @forourkidscanada.bsky.social letter: www.forourkids.ca/methane_poll...

In reaction to the Alberta government’s decision to eliminate limits on methane flaring, the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) Alberta is warning of serious public health consequences for communities across the province.

STATEMENT In reaction to the Alberta government’s decision to eliminate limits on methane flaring, the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) Alberta is warning of serious public health consequences for communities across the province.

Greenhouse gas emissions from Alberta's oilsands have also continued to set new records. They hit 86.5 megatonnes in the latest National Inventory Report. (By comparison: Quebec's *total* emissions were 78.9 megatonnes that year.)

Thank you for sharing this! Dr. Norm Campbell of @cape-ab.bsky.social explains this so well in this podcast with me, too. thegravitywell.net/episode-2-th...

Heads up, Calgary! Got your tickets yet? #KatharineHayhoe June 22 at 6pm! www.ted.com/talks/kathar... #yyc

Wildfire smoke harms more than lungs—it affects your brain too. Ultrafine particles can cause brain fog, memory issues, & raise risks of stroke & dementia. During smoke events, limit outdoor time, run air purifiers, wear N95 masks...and demand climate action from your elected officials.

Alberta’s dormant oil & gas wells are leaking dangerous methane at far higher rates than reported. Industry must be held accountable to decommission them, and not be allowed to walk away while communities face air pollution, long-term health harms, and climate damage.

Selenium from old coal mines is building up in fish in Alberta’s Eastern Slopes. Bioaccumulation threatens ecosystems and risks long-term health impacts for people who rely on these waters. Coal’s toxic legacy can harm communities for generations. No new coal mining in the Eastern Slopes.

I've been asking myself, who is in the Alberta conversation with @mark-carney.bsky.social? Today I had my answer. It excludes First Nations. Leaving out important voices does not bode well. cape.ca/health-profe... @cape-ab.bsky.social @cbcsteve.bsky.social @johnvaillant.bsky.social

Dr. Norm Campbell, Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the University of Calgary, representing @cape-acme.bsky.social, told reporters “nearly all wells, whether active or abandoned, leave various toxins.