Alex Middleton
@alexyyc.bsky.social
PR flack. https://championcommunications.ca
The windfall war profits have reignited calls for oil and gas supermajors such as Saudi Aramco and BP to pay for the environmental damage caused by “cashing in on human misery” and fund a rapid transition to renewable energy. www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
theguardian.com
After years of participating in sowing dissent, Mr. Kenney has spent the past year performing what you might call the Captain Renault move: He is shocked, shocked to find separatism flourishing in the gambling house he helped sustain. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: Jason Kenney is trying to stop the separatists. But he deserves some blame for their rise in the first place
As premier, he gave vent to some of the grievances that now animate the movement
theglobeandmail.com
Lougheed also helped create Kananaskis Country as a series of provincial parks for us to enjoy for free. The UCP now charge usage fees. In '76 he protected the Eastern Slopes from coal mining. The UCP gave it to foreign interests to mine. I suspect Premier Lougheed would be no fan of the UCP.
Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦@senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 2d agoIn 1974, the government of Peter Lougheed declared the first Monday in August to be Heritage Day, an official holiday to celebrate multiculturalism and our heritage roots. #Alberta #ableg #abpoli
A group advocating against data centres has launched trackers for several municipalities on councillors’ support for data centres. Here’s the one for Calgary City Council #yyc #yyccc calgary.stopthedatacentre.ca/election-tra...
Election tracker · Stop the Datacentre
Think there should be rules for AI datacentres? Us too.
calgary.stopthedatacentre.ca
Good to see. Less good? If csis has no power to stop this, and rcmp can only go in if criminal, what is the federal government doing to counter sophisticated information campaigns that are happening? Read more in Sturgeon’s reports from Wesley Wark, linked below
Naheed Nenshi@naheednenshi.bsky.social · 3d agoUpdate: Here is the full letter. In an attempt to highlight a certain section, it appeared as redacted.
Senator Whitehouse said it better than anyone: "Climate risk makes things un-insurable. No insurance makes things un-mortgageable. No mortgages crashes the property markets. Crashed property markets trash the economy.” #wildfire #Spokane #insurance
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse@whitehouse.senate.gov · 3d agoThe Great Climate Insurance Collapse is beginning before our eyes. How does it happen? Gradually, and then all at once. Buckle up. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
Rep. Max Miller’s repeated abuse of my daughter and granddaughter makes him unfit for public office. Thank you for your patience as I awaited results from the focus group before releasing this statement. by Sen. Bernie Moreno
This precocious first grader really wants to be a conservation scientist, "because I care for the Earth," he says.
NPR@npr.org · 3d agoNPR asked an aspiring scientist in Philadelphia to interview an adult who is living his dream about his career in conservation science. n.pr/3TtUaeQ
"We’re just trying to get some attention from council and make it very clear this is a multi-party issue and one that very, very few people in the county support." edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...
Protesters to take aim at planned Meta data centre north of Edmonton this weekend
Albertans concerned about plans for a 13-billion data centre in Sturgeon County will register their opposition at a protest in Morinville
edmontonjournal.com
Great... sounds like a Canadian startup is one of the main offenders. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘More than just objects’: Australian book sellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AI
Secondhand booksellers believe they may have been caught up in the AI supply chain that sees old books scanned then destroyed
theguardian.com
GOP takes it to new heights but this is a huge problem with parties on the right and left.
Nahal Toosi@nahaltoosi.bsky.social · 4d agoYeesh. Amazing quote in this story by Kathy Gilsinan: www.politico.com/news/magazin...
While we are throwing money at them to help with their data centre in Alberta. Why are we feeding this beast?
David Roberts@volts.wtf · 6d agoI hope everybody caught this. Under Mark "masculine energy" Zuckerburg, Meta is no longer just implicitly going right wing -- it has become explicit. Allying with Newsmax is not subtle. This is a deeply awful company. If you work there, you should quit.
NEW: Corb Lund officially files a judicial review challenging the Chief Electoral Officer’s decision to deem the Water Not Coal Citizens’ Initiative unsuccessful. The reasons? He argues the decision was unreasonable, procedurally unfair, and inconsistent with purpose of Citizen Initiative Act.
Yet, they still come cap in hand asking for government handouts. And governments are eager to give it to them.
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 7d agoThe 6 largest oil companies will collectively rake in $45B in profits in the second quarter of 2026 — nearly double what they made in the first quarter. Meanwhile, Canada, France, and Spain are battling record-breaking wildfires spurred by the climate crisis. Big Oil profits while the world burns.
Behold, a steaming pile of self-serving dung from a recent Globe and Mail op-ed by two business leaders. Reality: the province is suffocating clean energy, no business has “stepped up” to build or fill the pipeline, and oil companies are minting massive profits for themselves, not the federation.
Fire Tornadoes are now possible in the Northern Hemisphere. I wrote about it here: www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int... #wildfire #France
Hellfire: this is what our future looks like under climate change
Forest fires and air that seems to combust: thanks to climate change, more parts of the world will soon be ablaze. California shows us what will happen when it does
theguardian.com
Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot@bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · last wk.France battles fire 'whirlwinds' as another 55,000 evacuated
The film looked good. That's about it. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...
‘I would be ashamed to have written any part of this’: Odyssey translator Emily Wilson attacks Nolan blockbuster
Wilson, whose work on Homer’s epic was praised by Nolan, said his film was grandiose and superficial with ‘nothing convincing to say’
theguardian.com
"Free traffic" deliberately misses the point. The point of the Act was that Google and Meta have co-opted the ad tech market and siphoned the bulk of advertising revenues that used to go to news publishers, which is why they were being told to pay as compensation for their uncompetitive actions.
Mickey Djuric@mickeydjuric.bsky.social · last wk.Scoop: The Liberal government is sitting on a proposal from Meta that could restore news to Facebook and Instagram in Canada. But Playbook has learned the offer is now caught up in broader Canada-U.S. trade negotiations. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Trump threat to tariff Canada over wildfire smoke closest he will ever come to understanding climate change
Trump threat to tariff Canada over wildfire smoke closest he will ever come to understanding climate change
WASHINGTON D.C. - President Donald Trump has threatened to tariff Canadian goods as a means of forcing Canadians to address circumstances that would cause future forest wildfires, a tactic that demons...
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File this under scaling new heights of hypocrisy, Ric McIver encouraging people to get a mail in ballot. He was the minister who eliminated tabulators and tightened voter ID rules based on no evidence. The long line ups, and astronomical cost of the referendum to taxpayers are on him.
Dave Cournoyer 🇨🇦@daveberta.bsky.social · 2w agoEven after writing about Alberta politics for more than 20 years it’s still sometimes hard to fully understand and explain what is happening in our province. 🙃😬
“This could end Canadian medicare as we know it.” “That’s the chilling conclusion of a recent report on Alberta’s push to create a privatized, U.S.-style health care system in the province.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli breachmedia.ca/pandoras-box...
‘Pandora’s box’: Danielle Smith and insurance giants unleash attack on healthcare ⋆ The Breach
Danielle Smith is working hand-in-glove with private insurers to push health privatization in Alberta—and it could spread across Canada
breachmedia.ca
Apart from Trump and Infantino, who has called "the 2026 World Cup the best of all time?"
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2w agoFrom @theathleticfc.bsky.social: While many have called the 2026 World Cup the best of all time, it's impossible to judge without first working out where the previous 22 stand. We ranked all 23 World Cups played over the past 96 years. See the full list: nyti.ms/4hsQzrd
If proposed coal mine exploration and development in Alberta’s #EasternSlopes proceeded, there are few water basins in our province that wouldn’t be in some way impacted ⚠️ The health of our #AlbertaWater CANNOT be the collateral damage of the coal industry’s inability to operate responsibly ⛰️
“If you have people in the highest corridors of power who are looking at ways to weaponize the legal system as communications tools, then I can think of no greater argument for anti-SLAPP legislation.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli pressprogress.ca/alberta-tori...
Alberta Tories Join Growing Calls For Anti-SLAPP Law to Protect Free Speech and Democracy in Alberta
Over 100 journalists and organizations sign open letter calling for an end to ‘frivolous, abusive and politically-motivated lawsuits’ in Alberta
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This idiot has probably never been to the BOREAL FOREST a day in his life. It is 5.5 times the size of Texas. You cannot "groom" it. It's burning because of climate change. The utter bullshit from these climate deniers. Canadians are sick of this bullying and they are not going to take it.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoRep. Jeff Van Drew: "Canada isn't working because they are so far left. This should be a warning shot to them. You better come to America, say, 'We're sorry, we're gonna mend our ways and do what we used to do and groom and maintain the forest.'"
