Rural Albertans are suffering because of unpaid oil & gas taxes. This tax dodging has resulted in service cuts, program changes, and even raised property taxes for other landowners to make up the gap. Albertans deserve better. #abnews #abpoli #alberta #rural #daniellesmith

You don't want to miss this one!

Jenny Yeremiy, P. Geoph 🪶🌿🇵🇸🇳🇬🇱🇧🇨🇦@jennyyeremiy.bsky.social · 2d ago

I am looking forward to speaking with Jesse Cardinal and Professor Carol Edwards in my home town thanks to @givevoiceab.bsky.social. 🙏🏻 📆 Saturday, August 22 🕐 1-3 pm 📍St. Albert Curling Rink ℹ️ Meta AI data centre in Sturgeon County Get your tickets 🎫 here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/big-tech-b... 1/

For folks in Warburg & surrounding areas - this is sure to be an exciting and informative discussion guided by a well-respected managing lawyer from Ecojustice. All are welcome, add it to your calendar now! #abnews #abpoli #warburg #OrphanWells #oilandgas #alberta

Great news, would love to see similar in Alberta. We have enough industry messes here already, and we don't need to add data centres to the mix.

Julia Levin@jflevin.bsky.social · 6d ago

Mississauga votes for data centre moratorium that could set Canadian precedent www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/29/n...

DID YOU KNOW⁉ The Government of Alberta is trying to pass legislation that could download tens of billions of dollars in industry cleanup costs onto Albertan taxpayers. Learn more at CleanUpYourMess.ca . . . #abnews #abpoli #alberta #daniellesmith #matureassetstrategy #calgary #edmonton #memes

We love to see a municipality standing up for themselves 👏 Way to go Red Deer, and we want to see more of this! #reddeer #alberta #abnews #abpoli #daniellesmith

This proposal by Danielle Smith’s UCP government could download up to $60 billion dollars in oil & gas cleanup costs onto the public! Our public resources should be for the public good, not to float the industry. #abpoli #alberta #abnews #daniellesmith #oilandgas

No CO2 Pipelines Alberta said: "This agreement was signed behind closed doors, without the consent of local landowners, rural residents, municipalities or Indigenous communities living within the project area." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli

Oilsands emissions on track to outpace reductions from Pathways project: economist | CBC News

Increased oilsands production from a new pipeline to the West Coast would lead to an average of 20 megatonnes in new emissions per year, the Canadian Climate Institute projects.

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Thousands of new licenses are still being granted, meanwhile Albertans are still potentially on the hook for billions of cleanup costs? That math ain’t mathing! We can’t Smith's scheme to let industry of the hook move forward, take action today! #abpoli #alberta #abnews #cdnpoli #daniellesmith

Some knowledgeable Albertans on Alberta’s so-called Mature Asst Strategy. Unprofitable wells are no longer assets - they are liabilities that the licensee or the industry as a whole (via the orphan fund), not the public, is responsible for.

Clean Up Your Mess Alberta@cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 3w ago

DID YOU KNOW?! The Government of Alberta is currently trying to ram through legislation (the Mature Asset Strategy) that could download oil & gas industry cleanup costs onto Albertan taxpayers? Learn more and take action: CleanUpYourMess.ca #abpoli #abnews #alberta #calgary #daniellesmith #UCP

DID YOU KNOW?! The Government of Alberta is currently trying to ram through legislation (the Mature Asset Strategy) that could download oil & gas industry cleanup costs onto Albertan taxpayers? Learn more and take action: CleanUpYourMess.ca #abpoli #abnews #alberta #calgary #daniellesmith #UCP

Many #Albertans already viewed the AER as an industry captured regulator that upholds the interests of oil execs over regular people. And now it seems like they're doubling down! Read the full article for free here: drillanddash.substack.com/p/albertas-e... #abnews #abpoli #daniellesmith #UCP

We need a government & an energy regulator that upholds the polluter pays principle and forces these companies to pay for cleanup now and in full. Instead, they're planning to push these costs onto taxpayers like you and me, unless we (all of us) stop them. #ABLeg #ABPoli @cuym-alberta.bsky.social

Phillip Meintzer@phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 4w ago

New research from @redwaterinsights.bsky.social shows that Canadian oil & gas companies are giving 8x more money to shareholders than they're spending to cleanup their aging and inactive wells. They profit, we live with the mess. redwaterinsights.substack.com/p/the-oilfie... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli

"Companies push [clean up] far into the future because, for them at least, paying tomorrow is cheaper than paying today. The cheapest option is to not pay at all. The payer of last resort is typically the state, and therefore, taxpayers." redwaterinsights.substack.com/p/the-oilfie... #abnews #abpoli

The oilfield paradox at work in Alberta

Canadian companies are distributing billions to investors but treading water on clean up obligations.

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New research from @redwaterinsights.bsky.social shows that Canadian oil & gas companies are giving 8x more money to shareholders than they're spending to cleanup their aging and inactive wells. They profit, we live with the mess. redwaterinsights.substack.com/p/the-oilfie... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli

The oilfield paradox at work in Alberta

Canadian companies are distributing billions to investors but treading water on clean up obligations.

redwaterinsights.substack.com

We've heard from dozens of landowners about the health consequences they've faced from leaking oil & gas wells on their properties. Oil & gas cleanup is a huge economic liability, but it's also a health liability. #abnews #abpoli #abpolitics #daniellesmith #UCP #NDP #alberta #albertacanada #cdnpoli

Check out this Radio Canada article on the orphan well crisis: ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/225...

Le nombre de puits orphelins atteint un sommet en Alberta

Cette nouvelle augmentation est le signe d’un système défaillant, selon plusieurs groupes.

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Responsibility shouldn't depend on how big your balance sheet is. If parents and families are expected to pay what they owe, oil and gas companies should too. Rural municipalities shouldn't be left holding the bill. #PayUp #CleanUpYourMess

Clean Up Your Mess Alberta@cuym-alberta.bsky.social · last mo.

DID YOU KNOW?! Rural municipalities across Alberta are currently owed $254 million dollars from delinquent oil & gas companies who failed to pay their property taxes? Learn more and fight back at CleanUpYourMess.ca #oilandgas #alberta #abpoli #alberta #albertanews #daniellesmith

DID YOU KNOW?! Rural municipalities across Alberta are currently owed $254 million dollars from delinquent oil & gas companies who failed to pay their property taxes? Learn more and fight back at CleanUpYourMess.ca #oilandgas #alberta #abpoli #alberta #albertanews #daniellesmith

This is concerning, especially when the oil & gas industry is refusing to clean up their existing messes.

Brett McKay@brettmckay.bsky.social · last mo.

www.desmog.com/2026/06/11/m...

We teach our kids to clean up their messes. Shouldn't oil and gas polluters clean up theirs? Send a digital postcard to your MLA and the Premier, and we'll take care of printing and delivery! #CleanUpYourMess #abpoli #ableg @cuym-alberta.bsky.social postcards.cleanupyourmess.ca?utm_source=F...

Send postcards so corporations pay to clean up their oil and gas wells mess

Hey Alberta, tell your Premier + MLA that corporations should pay to clean up oil and gas wells, and stop the multi-billion dollar giveaway.

postcards.cleanupyourmess.ca

There are thousands of landowners across Alberta, just like Ron, who are being affected by delinquent oil & gas companies that fail to pay their land rents or meet their cleanup obligations. To learn more about Ron’s story, check out: ecojustice.ca/news/landown... #abnews #abpoli #alberta

Every time you think it can't get worse... #ableg #abpoli

Clean Up Your Mess Alberta@cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 2mo ago

NEW: Alberta’s Energy Regulator changes its rules to muzzle industry opposition... Yet again, the Alberta Energy Regulator puts the public interest on the back-burner: drillanddash.substack.com/.../albertas.... #abpoli #ABNews #AlbertaNews #alberta #AER #daniellesmith #UCP #NDP #calgary #edmonton

NEW: Alberta’s Energy Regulator changes its rules to muzzle industry opposition... Yet again, the Alberta Energy Regulator puts the public interest on the back-burner: drillanddash.substack.com/.../albertas.... #abpoli #ABNews #AlbertaNews #alberta #AER #daniellesmith #UCP #NDP #calgary #edmonton

Alberta’s Energy Regulator changes its rules to muzzle industry opposition

Yet again, the Alberta Energy Regulator puts the public interest on the back-burner.

drillanddash.substack.com

Instead of forcing the industry to pay for their cleanup obligations, the provincial government is pushing a new plan that puts taxpayers on the hook for private well cleanup costs. Learn more at CleanUpYourMess.ca #abnews #abpoli #alberta #albertanews #daniellesmith #oilandgas

When companies fail to pay their municipal taxes, there are critical services that will need to be cut as a result. And there are even examples of municipalities that have had to raise property taxes to make up the gap left by delinquent companies. #abnews #abpoli #alberta #daniellesmith

Inflating natural gas demand (and therefore gas company profits) is also the reason that Danielle Smith is pushing AI data centres in Alberta. See her quote in the legislature below AND a segment from Smith's "Mature Asset Strategy." #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli

Mary Stuart (she/her)@marylouisestuart.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What's driving Canada's AI data centre boom? Internal gov docs show that it's the opportunity to "provide markets to Canadian energy" What energy is supplying these projects? Gas of course! Read @geoffdembicki.bsky.social and @jenstden.bsky.social 's piece below: www.desmog.com/2026/06/11/m...

The Alberta government's solution for the orphan well crisis, led by Danielle Smith? Download the cleanup costs onto the public and through the proposed Mature Asset Strategy. 🤦 #alberta #abnews #abpoli #calgary #edmonton #daniellesmith #UCP

So HOW much is the public actually on the hook for oil & gas cleanup? 🤑 #alberta #calgary #edmonton #abnews #abpoli #reddeer #lethbridge #cdnpoli #daniellesmith #UCP #NDP #oilandgas #orphanwells

The orphan well crisis isn’t some problem from years ago that we’re just getting around to - the orphan well registry doubled this year alone! Taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook for years of industry neglect. @pembina.org #alberta #abnews #abpoli #orphanwells #oilandgas #calgary #edmonton