Have you grabbed tickets to our End of Year Celebration: The Art of Conservation yet?! 🎟️ We're beyond excited to be featuring performances by #Alberta artists, including singer-songwriters Mallory Chipman and Kaeley Jade 🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWNH... #YYC #Calgary #YYCEvents #CalgaryEvents

What brings out a 93 yr old woman to take part in her first-ever protest along with 50 people in a remote corner of southern Alberta? Water. Our drinking water, coming from our Eastern Slopes. @y2y.bsky.social @hollyhoye.bsky.social @albertawilderness.bsky.social @cpawssab.bsky.social

All we want is a transparent predictable process, they say. But they will undermine the process at every turn. #Coal #FossilFuels @cpawsnab.bsky.social @cpawsbc.bsky.social @cpawssab.bsky.social

Our latest blog includes some frankly shocking revelations... ... including the fact that the DFO allowed the forestry industry to destroy legally protected #CriticalHabitat for #SpeciesAtRisk, because industry was concerned the rules were too onerous 🌲🪓🪵 cpaws-southernalberta.org/critical-hab...

Want to know the truth behind Alberta's oil well cleanup disaster? As part of the Coalition for Responsible Energy (C4RE), we're supporting the launch of the Clean Up Your Mess campaign. Register now for the town hall happening in Calgary on Nov. 5: www.cleanupyourmess.ca/nov5-calgary...

Dear Albertans. Today we face the prospect that Ms Smith will legislate teachers back to work 'cos it says we can't afford to settle. Meanwhile the GoA is paying $$ (so far $237M - likely as much as $650M) to Aussie coal companies to settle claims created by the UCP's own incompetence #abpoli #ableg

I've recently spent time on Parliament Hill, where the impacts of the grossly oversized fossil fuel lobby in #cdnpoli are plain to see. A new exposé by @environmentaldefence.ca reveals how the lobbyists working for big oil are deeply conflicted.🛢️ Report: environmentaldefence.ca/report/canad...

Have you heard Mallory Chipman's ode to the #OldManRiver (and anti-coal ballad)? 🎶 She'll be playing it LIVE at our End of the Year event on November 13, so snag your tickets at cpaws-southernalberta.org/art-conservation-end-of-year-celebration 🎟️ #YYC #Alberta www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWNH...

“Having run out of options for litigation relating to the initial permit denials, Northback seems to be preparing to file a new application for a redesigned mine at Grassy Mountain.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli ablawg.ca/2025/10/23/t...

Another Australian coal company has announced that it has reached a settlement ($95 million)with the GoA over its compensation claims due to Alberta's coal policy flip flops. Once again this info comes to AB taxpayers from the company website. No disclosure from the GoA. #abpoli #cdnpoli

We need your help! We’re partnering with the DDRC to offer free, inclusive nature programming for folks with developmental disabilities, but we need your vote to make it happen. If you can spare 10 seconds: 👉 Click the link and tap ‘VOTE’ on our proposal for the Field Law Community Fund Program

⚠️ Despite the now-deconstructed Highwood Bridge being built in #CriticalHabitat for #BullTrout, DFO has elected NOT to fine West Fraser ⚠️ If companies can break the DFO's own rules and face no meaningful consequences, how can we expect endangered species to survive? #DefendAlbertaForests #Cdn #Ab

Great work here by @drewanderson.bsky.social on the Alberta government's "mature asset strategy" -- and why rural stakeholders aren't buying it. thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oil-...

“Damien Kurek, who vacated his seat as an MP so Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre could run in his place, has registered to lobby the Alberta government on behalf of a B.C.-based coal company.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli theijf.org/kurek-lobbyi...

After removing the bridge that damaged Critical Habitat for bull trout in the Upper Highwood, DFO has approved the construction of another bridge... in the same location. If only this was satire. The full story: cpaws-southernalberta.org/dfo-issuing-...

🚨 ALBERTANS! Send a letter to your MLA rejecting the Mature Asset Strategy at the link below. Tell your MLA: You oppose this industry-drafted plan that puts taxpayers on the hook for BILLIONS in oil & gas cleanup costs. www.cleanupyourmess.ca/write-your-mla #ABLeg #ABPoli #CleanUpYourMess

Fine-tune your advocacy skills (and fight back against coal mining in the Eastern Slopes of Alberta's beautiful Rockies) with this Save our Slopes webinar this eve ⤵️

A must-read, if you believe that the Government of Alberta should be held accountable to keeping Alberta's water clean, clear (and drinkable!) for communities, at-risk species, and our environment. #MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal

Write your MLA, Alberta or YOU could be footing the bill. @cpawssab.bsky.social @cpawsnab.bsky.social @calgaryclimatehub.ca @ualbertasph.bsky.social @albertaen.bsky.social #ableg #environment #farms #farmland #oilandgas #cleanupyourmess

While Northback has promised a new Grassy Mtn mine application it has also continued to try to revive its original proposal in the courts. The SCC put an end to its latest revival efforts last week. Good news. But why is Northback pursuing both routes? Bad faith? #abpoli @cpawssab.bsky.social

The Porcupine caribou herd travels more than 4,000 kilometres across the Arctic each year. But its migration is imperilled by climate change and oil and gas expansion. Scientists are rushing to count the animals amid the threat. @trinamoyles.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/counting-por...

“Why are Albertans not more upset when trust is taken for granted? When leaders gamble with your future?” Chief Sheldon Sunshine of the Sturgeon Lake Cree has issued a public call to action for Albertans to find their voices. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

We value @youralberta.bsky.social's verbal commitment to protecting Alberta’s waters from selenium pollution, but it's time for ACTION. For real protections, we need this written into the forthcoming provincial coal policy (CIMI) and the Coal Mining Effluent Regulations. Details: ow.ly/1f0m50X5clN

Put this spurious poll together with Emma Graney's puff piece in the G & M last week on Northback's intent to file a new Grassy Mtn application, & it's pretty clear that Northback is launching a slick campaign to hoodwink Alberta voters & pressure the GoA. #abpoli #cdnpoli @cpawssab.bsky.social

Time and again, coal companies fail to meet their contractual obligations — yet @youralberta.bsky.social continues to hand over taxpayer dollars in behind-the-scenes cash settlements. #MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #WaterIsLife #Treaty7 #Alberta #AbLeg #AbPoli www.instagram.com/cpawssab/ree...

⚠️Breaking: Northback Holdings is preparing to submit an application to MINE at #GrassyMountain ⚠️ We need your help: Call the Minister of Energy and Minerals, Brian Jean, at (780) 427-3740 TODAY ☎️ #waternotcoal #mountainsnotmines #protecttheeasternslopes #waterislife

🛢️ Oil companies made billions 🏠 Left toxic wells near our homes 💰 Now want US to pay for cleanup 🚨 SAVE THE DATE: Oct 2, 7PM MT Virtual Town Hall - expose the scam, take action together. Register here: www.cleanupyourmess.ca/oct2-townhall #CleanUpYourMess #ABLeg #ABPoli #YYC #YEG

Watch: Paleontologists from McGill University hit pay dirt two summers ago at Dinosaur Provincial Park, discovering a 75-million-year-old dragonfly fossil. Kevin Fleming has more. #yyc #calgary www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/vide...

Alberta’s oil and gas well problem is a “giant stinking pile of shit,” the premier’s special advisor — who wrote the province’s strategy to address the issue — told a frustrated crowd in rural Alberta. @drewanderson.bsky.social was there. thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oil-...

Humans: sometimes bad, sometimes good, capable of great. Me, in today’s @theguardian.com Long Read www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

Another conflict of interest! The Investigative Journalism Foundation has found that Vitor Marciano, chief of staff to Alberta's energy minister, is the head of a lobbying company whose CFO is actively lobbying the energy ministry on more than 2 dozen files. theijf.org/alberta-ener... #ABLeg #ABPoli

We're SO lucky to live near the Eastern Slopes, but with great landscapes comes great responsibility! If we don't stand up for sustainable stewardship of these lands and headwaters, who will? Learn more about West Fraser's push to up logging by 32% in South AB: action.cpaws.org/page/175988/...

#ICYMI A study shows that regulations and current reclamation standards for coal mines in Alberta are inadequate (surprise, surprise!) ⚠️ High levels of selenium and other contaminants prove to have dangerous impacts on aquatic species and birds: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/science/albe...

READ: This report confirms what we knew all along: Regulations and this government's mismanagement of coal are failing to keep #coalmining in our rocky mountains from harming our local #water & #wildlife. Stay Loud Alberta: 📩Email 🚫Protest ✍️Sign Petition: protectourmountains.ca

🚨 This mudslide is just up the road from Loomis Creek, where West Fraser is planning to log despite it being sensitive critical habitat for bull trout! 🐟 This shows just how vulnerable the upper Highwood watershed is to natural mass wasting events, which logging roads will increase the risk of!

Calgarians!!! I only was reminded about this last week. Please double check you're registered! I'll table my commentary on the obvious concern about voter enfranchisement for a later date. #yyc #yyccc #ableg #abpoli

I care a lot about diversity, equity, inclusion, & justice — including in hiring. 🥇 GOLD MEDAL 🏅 to @cpaws-snap.bsky.social for outstanding *public* explanation about their hiring practices. We can all learn from their example! “Hiring Through a JEDI Lens” ➡️ cpaws.org/about/about-...

When oil and gas companies are unable, or unwilling, to pay rent they owe to landowners where they have wells, the Alberta government pays it for them. The tab is now nearly $150 million since 2010, Sharon J. Riley reports: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-oil-and-gas-unpaid-rent-2024

🚨Here’s what you need to know about the Alberta Government's $142.8 million payout to Atrum Coal Ltd... www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

🐟 Some folks might think it’s not a big deal to destroy just 1 small bull trout population like this. Unfortunately, it’s NOT just 1. These small populations keep being destroyed, keep disappearing, & when you zoom out and look at the cumulative impact, it’s a huge deal for this threatened species.

🌿 Conservation education & conservation advocacy are so deeply tied! A sustainable future for Alberta depends on both. 🌟 Huge thanks to Alberta Conservation Association for supporting our Connect to Conserve program, connecting rural youth and new Canadians to the outdoors & to #CitizenScience!

Slow progress, bureaucracy and delayed action. Is Wood Buffalo National Park slipping through the cracks? ℹ️ The World Heritage Committee's 47th session wrapped up yesterday in Paris and, once again, Wood Buffalo was on the agenda. 🔗 Read More about WBNP: cpawsnab.org/our-work/nat... 📸 : Lake Claire

How can community gardens transform our local environments? Led by Dr. Chapola, this Land-Based Walk + Talk explores how community gardens can be spaces for anti-racist and decolonial community building. No experience or previous knowledge necessary RSVP: www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/land_based_w...

📣 ICYMI: The survey for the Alberta's Draft Plan for Parks closes in less than two weeks! Don't miss this chance to help shape the future of our parks. Need help getting started? We've got a survey guide for you: cpaws-southernalberta.org/wp-content/u... #defendABparks #DefendAlbertaParks

Join our board! We’re seeking up to 4 new volunteer members, and are especially looking for folks with expertise in: 🔹 Law, 🔹 Finance/Business, 🔹 Fund development, and/or 🔹 Government relations. 🗓 Application deadline: July 26, 2025.

“We have tried to engage the GoA in good faith over the past several years on this issue. They made commitments to consult with First Nations in regional land use plans and other forums but they just don’t listen,” Chief Crowfoot www.albertanativenews.com/siksika-nati... #ableg #abpoli #Indigenous

It's survey time, #defendABparks people! GoA is inviting feedback on its draft Plan for Parks until July 26th. Don't miss this opportunity to shape the future of Alberta's parks. Need help getting started? Check out the survey guide we created with @cpawsnab.bsky.social:

🌿📢Alberta seems to have recorded a new species! It was discovered during our bioblitz in early June, but at the time, the observer didn't know it had not been recorded here yet. “Corallorhiza wisteriana” is a type of orchid found in the U.S. #Alberta has recorded similar ones.🌎

If you’re passionate about conservation and want to contribute your skills, experience, and leadership to one of Alberta’s leading environmental organizations, we’d love to hear from you! Details here: cpaws-southernalberta.org/careers/volu...

From Canada’s Bill C-5 to B.C.’s Bill 15 and Ontario’s Bill 5, new laws to fast-track major projects are suddenly popular with Canadian politicians. Why are they in such a rush? And what do we risk by building big things fast? via @sobittersosweet.bsky.social #bcpoli thenarwhal.ca/thenarwhal-c...