CPAWS Northern Alberta

Dedicated to protecting public lands, waters and nature. Caribou, Parks, #ABForCoalFreeRockies, and the Boreal Forest.

Living & Working on Treaty 6 Territory

[CPAWS Northern Alberta @CPAWSNAB]

Disappointed (but not surprised) that CST Coal was given a nominal fine of $9,000 for releasing mine wastewater into the Smoky River in 2023. ℹ️ https://t.co/JBfEgs6NXg

#AbLeg #AlbertaNews #AlbertaCoal

[CPAWS Northern Alberta @CPAWSNAB]

FREE EVENT: We're hosting a workshop with @powcanada.bsky.social 's Edmonton Chapter next Thursday. Learn crucial steps to engage with elected officials, write your own script about the issues you care most about, and learn how to keep the momentum going! https://t.co/clTtWCnmKP

[CPAWS Northern Alberta @CPAWSNAB]

🏈 It's #SuperBowlSunday! 🏈 Hosted at the Caesars Superdome - one of the largest fixed dome structures in the world!

#DYK that 430 Superdomes would be needed to contain the tailings fluid (waste product from the oil sands) from northern Alberta!?

#MakePollutersPay

[CPAWS Northern Alberta @CPAWSNAB]

Half of our tickets are gone for our tailings event next Thursday, February 6th at SNAP!

🎬 : Film screening "Killer Water"
📣 : Hear from CPAWS and Keepers of the Water
🎨 : Silk screen a t-shirt (Designs below!)

🎟️: https://t.co/CTYBLBMc0Q

#yegEvents #exploreEdmonton

[CPAWS Northern Alberta @CPAWSNAB]

JOINT RELEASE: The charges against @ImperialOil are necessary but do not substitute for reform of the provincial @AER_news regulator: https://t.co/fVybeWtAFU

[CPAWS Northern Alberta @CPAWSNAB]

🚨 NEWS 🚨 @YourAlberta has quietly removed the moratorium on coal in #Alberta which dispels any suspicion on what the announced Coal Industry Modernization Initiative will mean for the Eastern Slopes. Statement out with @cpawssab : https://t.co/838QuvMRde

[CPAWS Northern Alberta @CPAWSNAB]

➡️Lots of new developments coming out about coal, oil sands tailings, and the Alberta Energy Regulator in #Alberta. We are recapping it all in our upcoming newsletter, coming to your inbox this Wednesday. ✉️Sign up here: https://t.co/4fBCHAKNhr

[CPAWS Northern Alberta @CPAWSNAB]

At last, communities may see justice from the Imperial Oil Kearl Mine Tailings spill incident that came to light in 2023. Nine charges have been laid against the company by the Alberta Energy Regulator: https://t.co/9aObsFweuo

[CPAWS Northern Alberta @CPAWSNAB]

Remember 2 years ago when a tailings leak was happening for MONTHS unreported before it surfaced publicly? We are hosting an event to commemorate the incident, with a film screening "Killer Water", t-shirt making and more. RSVP:https://t.co/CTYBLBMc0Q

[Jasper National Park, Parks Canada @JasperNP]

❄🎿Don’t forget to check the avalanche bulletin before you head into the mountain parks. Plan accordingly and play safe out there! https://t.co/wKKIZFiuw2

[CPAWS Northern Alberta @CPAWSNAB]

New study by ecologist Kevin Timoney shows that there is NO DATA supporting Alberta Energy Regulator's claims that majority of spills are cleaned up without harm to wildlife https://t.co/E4nQmhfeOn

[John E Marriott Photography @JohnEMarriott]

This is something that absolutely must not be allowed to happen. Zero reason for AB to log old growth caribou habitat, even with wildfire risk (which has ALWAYS been there with caribou habitat) -- which does not affect communities, anyways.

[The Narwhal @thenarwhalca]

SCOOP🍨: Albertans were surprised to learn cougars can now be hunted in some provincial parks — using hounds. But that plan faced a hurdle: off-leash dogs are not allowed in parks. So the government amended provincial park regulations to make an exception.
https://t.co/Hq39plzFwk

[CPAWS Northern Alberta @CPAWSNAB]

Hey folks 👋 We're on that other platform now too 🔵 : @cpawsnab.bsky.social

[CPAWS Northern Alberta @CPAWSNAB]

Using @ArcGISStoryMaps we built our case in support of a #NationalUrbanPark in the #yeg river valley. This place-based approach showcases how tightly wound communities, wildlife, recreation and culture co-exists in the region : https://t.co/cavLDCBtp3

[CPAWS Northern Alberta @CPAWSNAB]

This change seems... biased 🫣 https://t.co/2fdJSzIUVP

[Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation @ACFN_KaiTaile]

“It's an inaccurate risk assessment that is essentially useless for informing decisions around remediation and understanding health risks"
- @ToxSolutions talks to @NatObserver about federal assessment of the contaminated Fort Chipewyan dock site
https://t.co/rh7B3sLB4l

[CPAWS Northern Alberta @CPAWSNAB]

@Tcamboss see you there in the near future 🫡

[CPAWS Northern Alberta @CPAWSNAB]

We mapped out the footprint for every #energy sector in #Alberta. To no one's surprise there is a big presence of Oil and gas wells, and oil sands (in situ and mining) on the landscape. This is what it looks like 👀 👉

[CPAWS Northern Alberta @CPAWSNAB]

An extreme example of slow response to incidents would be the Imperial Oil Kearl leak and spill. We dive into the Alberta Energy Regulator (#AER) 's investigation into CNRL when islands formed in their #tailings ponds: https://t.co/V9frFqvDWR