Tom Stewart

On a lifelong journey towards becoming a Renaisance Man.

[Tom Stewart @RealAlberta]

@Zipcar a few weeks ago this car was beeping for three days before you did anything about it. It’s doing it again Can you do something about it? #nuisance #badbusiness

[Tom Stewart @RealAlberta]

@FlyEIA can I bring my sourdough starter through security with my carry on?

[Tom Stewart @RealAlberta]

@Lana__Michelle “No comment”

[Tom Stewart @RealAlberta]

@FlatulentTweets Amen.

[VisuallyBetter @Isuckatpicking]

“Mr Trudeau it’s Jason Kenney. I need your help with something very important. I put a potato in the microwave and pressed the pizza button but when it finished it was still a potato............hello....hello”

[Andrew Leach 🇨🇦 @andrew_leach]

Jason Kenney is very mad that the Biden administration moved forward at the speed of business and with limited consultation. Fascinating.

[Bragg Creek-KCountry @BCKOR]

If you're still here, please take a minute to send an auto-generated letter. We reversed the removal of parks... we can reverse this if we stand just as strong! https://t.co/d0nstRwgOC

[Bragg Creek-KCountry @BCKOR]

There are 2 coal leases currently in Kananaskis between Highwood Pass and the Sheep River Valley. These are located in Cat 2 lands - Green in Kananaskis parks and blue outside Kananaskis parks. The two dark squares show the leases. Zoom in to see mountain and location names.

[Bragg Creek-KCountry @BCKOR]

BC’s water quality recommends max selenium levels of 2parts/Billion to protect aquatic life. Water throughout the Elk Valley exceeded 150parts/billion near mining activities. This resulted in major pop. declines of westslope cutthroat trout in three waterways downstream mines.

[Bragg Creek-KCountry @BCKOR]

BC's Teck mine was fined 1.4 million for selenium pollution that kills more than an estimated 180,000 fish in the Elk Valley every year! https://t.co/kBZOh483x2

[Bragg Creek-KCountry @BCKOR]

Selenium is naturally occurring but is concentrated and released in the waste materials from coal mining. Once released into water systems, it can rapidly bioaccumulate and reach levels that are toxic to fish, wildlife, livestock and humans.

[Bragg Creek-KCountry @BCKOR]

BC's Teck Mine in the Crowsnest pass uses state of the art environmental controls ($600 million filtration system) yet Selenium pollution has steadily increased downstream.

[Bragg Creek-KCountry @BCKOR]

3 were in a heritage resources management area
4 were in a critical wildlife zone
1 was in a general recreation zone
8 are within key wildlife and biodiversity zones
4 are within mountain goat and sheep areas
11 are within the Livingstone Grizzly Bear Zone

[Bragg Creek-KCountry @BCKOR]

On Dec 18, eleven 15 year coal leases were sold to two Australian Coal Companies for $36/hectare in the Livingstone–Porcupine Hills of the Rocky Mountains. The Kananaskis region was also included as a 12th lease, but thankfully did not receive any bids at this time.

[Bragg Creek-KCountry @BCKOR]

This amazing interactive map provided by @CBCFletch details the coal leases and category of lands.
Use the << in the top left corner to toggle options: https://t.co/fDMewm9rx8

[Bragg Creek-KCountry @BCKOR]

By now you've seen panicked posts about Coal Mines being approved in the Rocky Mountains with no public consultation. Where? What? WHY?

Here's a short breakdown along with a great map to visualize how many leases there are in some of the most pristine and fragile environments

[Alberta Hiking Association @AlbertaHiking]

Check out Bragg Creek K-Country's thread if you're looking to learn more about some of the impacts the rescinding of the Alberta Coal Policy has on our lands, mountains, and province. #ableg #abhiking

[Alberta Hiking Association @AlbertaHiking]

Crescent Falls is one of the most popular tourist draws in @DTCountryAB. Excellent hiking along the Bighorn River. Fully leased for coal mining on December 1, 2020 outside the small recreation area after removal of Coal Policy. Coal mining is not appropriate here #abcoal #ableg

[Tom Stewart @RealAlberta]

@tattva5 @Adrienne_Pan @CBCRadioActive @baconhound @NextActPub @oldstrathcona Blowers and grafton is way better than king of donair. Try simply on 50th street. Simon king on 51 ave. Swiss on the north side. Basha and maina are supposed to be great as well but I cannot confirm.

[Tom Stewart @RealAlberta]

@dun_cin @verretlauren Yes