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  1. #Gina #Rinehart, an Australian worth $30 billion and an avid Donald Trump supporter, has changed Alberta’s politics in her relentless pursuit of mined coal.

    👉The saga offers more evidence on how the wealthy exercise their raw financial power to engineer democracy for their own economic benefit.

    💥Political scientists call the oversized influence of billionaires “the wealthification” of politics.
    Witness how billionaires dominated the U.S. presidential election.

    🆘 Now the influence of Australia’s wealthiest person seems to have won the open support of the right-wing populist government of Danielle Smith.

    Not too long ago, Rinehart’s ambitions in Alberta appeared to be dead in the water.

    ⭐️In 2021, provincial and federal regulators ruled her company’s proposal for a
    ♦️massive open-pit mine at #Grassy #Mountain would pollute the Oldman River watershed and was not in the public interest.

    ❌Not to be deterred, the mining magnate spent millions to reverse the decision, with demonstrable effect.

    In the last three years she has repeatedly sued the Alberta and federal governments and challenged regulatory processes.

    And even though three separate courts have found her arguments baseless and without merit,
    she continues to sue.

    Two outstanding lawsuits, for example, contend the Alberta government owes her billions because her mining plans were stymied.

    Overwhelming public opposition to coal mining forced the government to impose a coal moratorium in the Rockies to protect critical watersheds.

    Outside of provincial and federal courts, Rinehart has hired two lobby firms with ties to the United Conservative Party government to actively promote her open-pit mining project.

    When it became clear that citizens living in the municipal district of Ranchland, where Rinehart wants to build the mega-mine, were overwhelmingly opposed to its construction,
    Rinehart actively participated in a dubious referendum sanctioned by Smith in the neighbouring community of Crowsnest Pass.

    Rinehart’s company even drove voters to the polls.

    🆘 Thanks to Rinehart’s promises of jobs and prosperity, one political geography voted yes to a project that will destroy water and landscapes in a neighbouring municipal district.

    In the divisive process, the billionaire weaponized an economically depressed community to buy the illusion of social licence.

    In the process Rinehart effectively disenfranchised 200,000 water drinkers downstream from the proposed mine,
    as well as five million Albertans who own the resource and have consistently opposed mining in Rocky Mountain watersheds.

    Last month Smith’s government openly embraced the billionaire’s Grassy Mountain project in an abrupt press briefing before Christmas.

    ✅ Since then, hundreds of demonstrators have flooded the streets of small towns downstream from the proposed mine site to defend their water security in an arid landscape.

    Rinehart’s victory to date adds a push-pin to her global map of political conquests.

    In a recent speech, interspersed with video clips from the fellow right-wingers Elon Musk and Pierre Poilievre,
    ⚠️the Australian magnate said the mining sector must push its advocates into Parliament where they can rip up environmental legislation she claims is jeopardizing the world’s mining industry
    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/01/09

  2. #Gina #Rinehart, an Australian worth $30 billion and an avid Donald Trump supporter, has changed Alberta’s politics in her relentless pursuit of mined coal.

    👉The saga offers more evidence on how the wealthy exercise their raw financial power to engineer democracy for their own economic benefit.

    💥Political scientists call the oversized influence of billionaires “the wealthification” of politics.
    Witness how billionaires dominated the U.S. presidential election.

    🆘 Now the influence of Australia’s wealthiest person seems to have won the open support of the right-wing populist government of Danielle Smith.

    Not too long ago, Rinehart’s ambitions in Alberta appeared to be dead in the water.

    ⭐️In 2021, provincial and federal regulators ruled her company’s proposal for a
    ♦️massive open-pit mine at #Grassy #Mountain would pollute the Oldman River watershed and was not in the public interest.

    ❌Not to be deterred, the mining magnate spent millions to reverse the decision, with demonstrable effect.

    In the last three years she has repeatedly sued the Alberta and federal governments and challenged regulatory processes.

    And even though three separate courts have found her arguments baseless and without merit,
    she continues to sue.

    Two outstanding lawsuits, for example, contend the Alberta government owes her billions because her mining plans were stymied.

    Overwhelming public opposition to coal mining forced the government to impose a coal moratorium in the Rockies to protect critical watersheds.

    Outside of provincial and federal courts, Rinehart has hired two lobby firms with ties to the United Conservative Party government to actively promote her open-pit mining project.

    When it became clear that citizens living in the municipal district of Ranchland, where Rinehart wants to build the mega-mine, were overwhelmingly opposed to its construction,
    Rinehart actively participated in a dubious referendum sanctioned by Smith in the neighbouring community of Crowsnest Pass.

    Rinehart’s company even drove voters to the polls.

    🆘 Thanks to Rinehart’s promises of jobs and prosperity, one political geography voted yes to a project that will destroy water and landscapes in a neighbouring municipal district.

    In the divisive process, the billionaire weaponized an economically depressed community to buy the illusion of social licence.

    In the process Rinehart effectively disenfranchised 200,000 water drinkers downstream from the proposed mine,
    as well as five million Albertans who own the resource and have consistently opposed mining in Rocky Mountain watersheds.

    Last month Smith’s government openly embraced the billionaire’s Grassy Mountain project in an abrupt press briefing before Christmas.

    ✅ Since then, hundreds of demonstrators have flooded the streets of small towns downstream from the proposed mine site to defend their water security in an arid landscape.

    Rinehart’s victory to date adds a push-pin to her global map of political conquests.

    In a recent speech, interspersed with video clips from the fellow right-wingers Elon Musk and Pierre Poilievre,
    ⚠️the Australian magnate said the mining sector must push its advocates into Parliament where they can rip up environmental legislation she claims is jeopardizing the world’s mining industry
    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/01/09

  3. #Gina #Rinehart, an Australian worth $30 billion and an avid Donald Trump supporter, has changed Alberta’s politics in her relentless pursuit of mined coal.

    👉The saga offers more evidence on how the wealthy exercise their raw financial power to engineer democracy for their own economic benefit.

    💥Political scientists call the oversized influence of billionaires “the wealthification” of politics.
    Witness how billionaires dominated the U.S. presidential election.

    🆘 Now the influence of Australia’s wealthiest person seems to have won the open support of the right-wing populist government of Danielle Smith.

    Not too long ago, Rinehart’s ambitions in Alberta appeared to be dead in the water.

    ⭐️In 2021, provincial and federal regulators ruled her company’s proposal for a
    ♦️massive open-pit mine at #Grassy #Mountain would pollute the Oldman River watershed and was not in the public interest.

    ❌Not to be deterred, the mining magnate spent millions to reverse the decision, with demonstrable effect.

    In the last three years she has repeatedly sued the Alberta and federal governments and challenged regulatory processes.

    And even though three separate courts have found her arguments baseless and without merit,
    she continues to sue.

    Two outstanding lawsuits, for example, contend the Alberta government owes her billions because her mining plans were stymied.

    Overwhelming public opposition to coal mining forced the government to impose a coal moratorium in the Rockies to protect critical watersheds.

    Outside of provincial and federal courts, Rinehart has hired two lobby firms with ties to the United Conservative Party government to actively promote her open-pit mining project.

    When it became clear that citizens living in the municipal district of Ranchland, where Rinehart wants to build the mega-mine, were overwhelmingly opposed to its construction,
    Rinehart actively participated in a dubious referendum sanctioned by Smith in the neighbouring community of Crowsnest Pass.

    Rinehart’s company even drove voters to the polls.

    🆘 Thanks to Rinehart’s promises of jobs and prosperity, one political geography voted yes to a project that will destroy water and landscapes in a neighbouring municipal district.

    In the divisive process, the billionaire weaponized an economically depressed community to buy the illusion of social licence.

    In the process Rinehart effectively disenfranchised 200,000 water drinkers downstream from the proposed mine,
    as well as five million Albertans who own the resource and have consistently opposed mining in Rocky Mountain watersheds.

    Last month Smith’s government openly embraced the billionaire’s Grassy Mountain project in an abrupt press briefing before Christmas.

    ✅ Since then, hundreds of demonstrators have flooded the streets of small towns downstream from the proposed mine site to defend their water security in an arid landscape.

    Rinehart’s victory to date adds a push-pin to her global map of political conquests.

    In a recent speech, interspersed with video clips from the fellow right-wingers Elon Musk and Pierre Poilievre,
    ⚠️the Australian magnate said the mining sector must push its advocates into Parliament where they can rip up environmental legislation she claims is jeopardizing the world’s mining industry
    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/01/09

  4. #Gina #Rinehart, an Australian worth $30 billion and an avid Donald Trump supporter, has changed Alberta’s politics in her relentless pursuit of mined coal.

    👉The saga offers more evidence on how the wealthy exercise their raw financial power to engineer democracy for their own economic benefit.

    💥Political scientists call the oversized influence of billionaires “the wealthification” of politics.
    Witness how billionaires dominated the U.S. presidential election.

    🆘 Now the influence of Australia’s wealthiest person seems to have won the open support of the right-wing populist government of Danielle Smith.

    Not too long ago, Rinehart’s ambitions in Alberta appeared to be dead in the water.

    ⭐️In 2021, provincial and federal regulators ruled her company’s proposal for a
    ♦️massive open-pit mine at #Grassy #Mountain would pollute the Oldman River watershed and was not in the public interest.

    ❌Not to be deterred, the mining magnate spent millions to reverse the decision, with demonstrable effect.

    In the last three years she has repeatedly sued the Alberta and federal governments and challenged regulatory processes.

    And even though three separate courts have found her arguments baseless and without merit,
    she continues to sue.

    Two outstanding lawsuits, for example, contend the Alberta government owes her billions because her mining plans were stymied.

    Overwhelming public opposition to coal mining forced the government to impose a coal moratorium in the Rockies to protect critical watersheds.

    Outside of provincial and federal courts, Rinehart has hired two lobby firms with ties to the United Conservative Party government to actively promote her open-pit mining project.

    When it became clear that citizens living in the municipal district of Ranchland, where Rinehart wants to build the mega-mine, were overwhelmingly opposed to its construction,
    Rinehart actively participated in a dubious referendum sanctioned by Smith in the neighbouring community of Crowsnest Pass.

    Rinehart’s company even drove voters to the polls.

    🆘 Thanks to Rinehart’s promises of jobs and prosperity, one political geography voted yes to a project that will destroy water and landscapes in a neighbouring municipal district.

    In the divisive process, the billionaire weaponized an economically depressed community to buy the illusion of social licence.

    In the process Rinehart effectively disenfranchised 200,000 water drinkers downstream from the proposed mine,
    as well as five million Albertans who own the resource and have consistently opposed mining in Rocky Mountain watersheds.

    Last month Smith’s government openly embraced the billionaire’s Grassy Mountain project in an abrupt press briefing before Christmas.

    ✅ Since then, hundreds of demonstrators have flooded the streets of small towns downstream from the proposed mine site to defend their water security in an arid landscape.

    Rinehart’s victory to date adds a push-pin to her global map of political conquests.

    In a recent speech, interspersed with video clips from the fellow right-wingers Elon Musk and Pierre Poilievre,
    ⚠️the Australian magnate said the mining sector must push its advocates into Parliament where they can rip up environmental legislation she claims is jeopardizing the world’s mining industry
    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/01/09

  5. #Gina #Rinehart, an Australian worth $30 billion and an avid Donald Trump supporter, has changed Alberta’s politics in her relentless pursuit of mined coal.

    👉The saga offers more evidence on how the wealthy exercise their raw financial power to engineer democracy for their own economic benefit.

    💥Political scientists call the oversized influence of billionaires “the wealthification” of politics.
    Witness how billionaires dominated the U.S. presidential election.

    🆘 Now the influence of Australia’s wealthiest person seems to have won the open support of the right-wing populist government of Danielle Smith.

    Not too long ago, Rinehart’s ambitions in Alberta appeared to be dead in the water.

    ⭐️In 2021, provincial and federal regulators ruled her company’s proposal for a
    ♦️massive open-pit mine at #Grassy #Mountain would pollute the Oldman River watershed and was not in the public interest.

    ❌Not to be deterred, the mining magnate spent millions to reverse the decision, with demonstrable effect.

    In the last three years she has repeatedly sued the Alberta and federal governments and challenged regulatory processes.

    And even though three separate courts have found her arguments baseless and without merit,
    she continues to sue.

    Two outstanding lawsuits, for example, contend the Alberta government owes her billions because her mining plans were stymied.

    Overwhelming public opposition to coal mining forced the government to impose a coal moratorium in the Rockies to protect critical watersheds.

    Outside of provincial and federal courts, Rinehart has hired two lobby firms with ties to the United Conservative Party government to actively promote her open-pit mining project.

    When it became clear that citizens living in the municipal district of Ranchland, where Rinehart wants to build the mega-mine, were overwhelmingly opposed to its construction,
    Rinehart actively participated in a dubious referendum sanctioned by Smith in the neighbouring community of Crowsnest Pass.

    Rinehart’s company even drove voters to the polls.

    🆘 Thanks to Rinehart’s promises of jobs and prosperity, one political geography voted yes to a project that will destroy water and landscapes in a neighbouring municipal district.

    In the divisive process, the billionaire weaponized an economically depressed community to buy the illusion of social licence.

    In the process Rinehart effectively disenfranchised 200,000 water drinkers downstream from the proposed mine,
    as well as five million Albertans who own the resource and have consistently opposed mining in Rocky Mountain watersheds.

    Last month Smith’s government openly embraced the billionaire’s Grassy Mountain project in an abrupt press briefing before Christmas.

    ✅ Since then, hundreds of demonstrators have flooded the streets of small towns downstream from the proposed mine site to defend their water security in an arid landscape.

    Rinehart’s victory to date adds a push-pin to her global map of political conquests.

    In a recent speech, interspersed with video clips from the fellow right-wingers Elon Musk and Pierre Poilievre,
    ⚠️the Australian magnate said the mining sector must push its advocates into Parliament where they can rip up environmental legislation she claims is jeopardizing the world’s mining industry
    thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/01/09

  6. This piece is part of a collection of works all of the same hillside at different times of the year. Today's is Summer Sunset with Cloud Heart Seven Tree Hill by Joan Stratton. Love that time of day when the shadows are long as the sun goes down.

    Have a great day :))

    #FediGiftShop
    joan-stratton.pixels.com/featu
    #landscape #cypress trees #twilight #grassy hill #grazing animal #sheep #vibrant sky #purple #red #bokeh lights #Art #Artforsale #Ayearforart #Buyintoart #Art #Paintingsbyjoan #JoanStratton

  7. It's been quite a while since I created any new art...and I finally got back to it! I hope to continue :)

    Summer Sundown Seven Tree Hill by Joan Stratton - A serene landscape at twilight with seven tall cypress trees standing upright on a grassy hill.

    #FediGiftShop
    joan-stratton.pixels.com/featu
    #landscape #cypress trees #twilight #grassy hill #grazing animal #sheep #vibrant sky #purple #red #bokeh lights #Art #Artforsale #Ayearforart #Buyintoart #Art #Paintingsbyjoan #JoanStratton

  8. Encinas y amapolas en la dehesa, La Serena, Badajoz, España - Bing Gallery peapix.com/bing/41900
    #Extremadura @extremadura

    Los colores brotan en la dehesa. Dehesa en La Serena, Badajoz, España
    Extremadura cuenta con casi un millón de hectáreas de dehesa, zonas que componen un espectáculo ecológico repleto de flora y fauna. Las dehesas son conocidas por albergar encinas que producen las famosas bellotas para alimentar los cerdos ibéricos. Además, la madera de las encinas es bastante fuerte, por lo que es utilizada para utensilios que deban soportar una gran resistencia.

    Estas praderas tan cuidadas son idóneas para la aparición de flores como amapolas o caléndulas que a menudo dejan bonitas estampas en primavera. No obstante, en invierno son cubiertas por un manto blanco de nieve, ofreciendo una bonita fotografía invernal.

    #tree #grass #outdoor #sky #field #flower #nature #landscape #plant #grassy #lush

  9. #December 31, 1829
    #OTD Alexander Smith, #Scottish #Poet, is born.

    He wrote,

    My #Study... looks down on #Dreamthorp like a #Meditative #Eye.

    [I have] an #OldFashioned #Rambling #Garden, with:

    #Grassy plots & #Fantastically-clipped #Yews, which have gathered #Darkness from a #Hundred #Summers & #Winters;

    #Sundials, on which the #Sun is constantly telling his #Age;

    And #Statues, #Green with #Neglect & #Stains from the #Weather.

    The #Garden
    I #Love more
    than any #Place on #Earth...

  10. #December 31, 1829
    #OTD Alexander Smith, #Scottish #Poet, is born.

    He wrote,

    My #Study... looks down on #Dreamthorp like a #Meditative #Eye.

    [I have] an #OldFashioned #Rambling #Garden, with:

    #Grassy plots & #Fantastically-clipped #Yews, which have gathered #Darkness from a #Hundred #Summers & #Winters;

    #Sundials, on which the #Sun is constantly telling his #Age;

    And #Statues, #Green with #Neglect & #Stains from the #Weather.

    The #Garden
    I #Love more
    than any #Place on #Earth...

  11. #December 31, 1829
    #OTD Alexander Smith, #Scottish #Poet, is born.

    He wrote,

    My #Study... looks down on #Dreamthorp like a #Meditative #Eye.

    [I have] an #OldFashioned #Rambling #Garden, with:

    #Grassy plots & #Fantastically-clipped #Yews, which have gathered #Darkness from a #Hundred #Summers & #Winters;

    #Sundials, on which the #Sun is constantly telling his #Age;

    And #Statues, #Green with #Neglect & #Stains from the #Weather.

    The #Garden
    I #Love more
    than any #Place on #Earth...

  12. #December 31, 1829
    #OTD Alexander Smith, #Scottish #Poet, is born.

    He wrote,

    My #Study... looks down on #Dreamthorp like a #Meditative #Eye.

    [I have] an #OldFashioned #Rambling #Garden, with:

    #Grassy plots & #Fantastically-clipped #Yews, which have gathered #Darkness from a #Hundred #Summers & #Winters;

    #Sundials, on which the #Sun is constantly telling his #Age;

    And #Statues, #Green with #Neglect & #Stains from the #Weather.

    The #Garden
    I #Love more
    than any #Place on #Earth...

  13. #December 31, 1829
    #OTD Alexander Smith, #Scottish #Poet, is born.

    He wrote,

    My #Study... looks down on #Dreamthorp like a #Meditative #Eye.

    [I have] an #OldFashioned #Rambling #Garden, with:

    #Grassy plots & #Fantastically-clipped #Yews, which have gathered #Darkness from a #Hundred #Summers & #Winters;

    #Sundials, on which the #Sun is constantly telling his #Age;

    And #Statues, #Green with #Neglect & #Stains from the #Weather.

    The #Garden
    I #Love more
    than any #Place on #Earth...

  14. Hey @fordnation : Grassy Narrows has been defending their land for over 20 years. Respect #Grassy Narrows and withdraw all mining and industrial logging from their territory.
    @FreeGrassy
    #FreeGrassy