Come hang out with us and learn how you can take meaningful conservation action in #Alberta as a CPAWS Southern Alberta volunteer eventbrite.ca/e/cpaws-southe… 👋🏼

Tasty lunch is on us 🙌🏼

#DefendAlbertaParks #MountainsNotMines #WaterNotCoal #Calgary #Banff #Canmore #Calgary Events #YYC #YYC Events

“We still think that this is messing with an important wildlife corridor, and in addition, that particular piece of ground has a whole range of valued ecosystem components that need careful consideration.”

#Banff #BowValley #WildlifeWednesday

'No meaningful progress' in the development and implementation of emissions plan, says Pembina Institute. rmoutlook.com/local-news/alb…

The GoA has just released the much-heralded water sharing non-agreements. They're a bit of a joke.
Read the first few paragraphs. How many times can you say 'this agreement is not really an agreement'. 1/
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Alberta Government is partnering with the University of Lethbridge to study water storage, endangered species and other issues impacting Southern Alberta as drought issues continue to be a concern.

watercanada.net/new-environmen…

From the DM’s…

Looks like the AER has been served on Jeans interference in the Northback process!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Documents released under Alberta Freedom of Information laws confirm the UCP was talking with the coal industry for years about relaxing a policy that protected the Rocky Mountains from open-pit mines.
#yeg #ableg
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The judge said Albertans are entitled to government records, calling it an essential pillar of democracy: 'It is difficult not to look at the history of this matter and see the critical rights imbued by access to information as being largely illusory.'
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The M.D. of Pincher Creek has been dealing with a water crisis for months. It's cost more than $1 million.

Now, time's ticking on a possible solution — but are bigger problems in the south ahead?

The latest in our 'When in Drought' series: #abpoli

cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

These folks have been waiting FOUR YEARS for this information they're entitled to. Gritty ranchers, indeed. Hell, yeah. What exactly about this coal business does our AB govt not want us to see?

calgaryherald.com/news/politics/…

Reminder to our #BowValley friends to join us for our #Canmore screening of thew new documentary “Dried Up: What Now?” on #Alberta 's drought and water crisis tomorrow! 📽️

All the details below ⤵️

#Banff #Alberta Drought #AbLeg #AbPoli #Treaty7

🌲 Head's up, friends — we're hiring two summer outreach students!🌲

If you're a returning student who is passionate about conservation, the environment, and nature, we'd love to hear from you 🌱

#Alberta #Calgary #YYC #Hiring #SummerJob #StudentJob

cpaws-southernalberta.org/careers/summer…

April Community Pint 🍻⁣​⁣⁣⁣
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For the entire month of April, $1 from every pint sold in the Banded Taproom of Tallgrass Tango will be donated to CPAWS Southern Alberta.

To learn more about CPAWS and their conservation efforts visit cpaws-southernalberta.org. #CraftedForAdventure

ICYMI from The Narwhal ➡️ thenarwhal.ca/alberta-renewa… A report from the AB Utilities Commission states that 'any prohibition to “achieve viewscape protection” should be “industry agnostic” and “apply to all forms of development within the restricted zone.”' #abLeg #renewables

Andrew Nikiforuk: Danielle Smith’s narrative that “advanced coal projects” are abandoned mine sites that need to be reclaimed bears little truth, say critics.

However, it does echo claims made by Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart's Northback Holdings.
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EDITORIAL: Parks Canada has equivalently stated for anyone and everyone to understand – a gondola at the Banff train station to Mt. Norquay Ski Resort does not meet federal legislation. rmoutlook.com/opinion/editor…

The “vertical footprint” of wind farms impacts Alberta’s “pristine viewscapes.” So the province has a draft map of no-go zones for wind farms — but it allows mines, logging and sprawl in “unobstructed, natural landscapes,” Drew Anderson explains. #abpoli thenarwhal.ca/alberta-renewa…

“Where we have important wildlife habitat and where have high levels of human use and recreation, how can we blend the two and do we need to do anything to prove things for wildlife?' rmoutlook.com/banff/grizzly-…

“it will cost at least $6.4 billion to implement Teck’s current plan to tackle selenium levels to finish building water-treatment plans by 2027 and then operate them for 60 years. That’s about three times more than the $1.9-billion reclamation security that has been set”

#abpoli

Ok, and hear us out, but what if we did a giant coal mine on Grassy Mountain, that would be cool right?

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli