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  1. Bad news:

    108 new #BCwildfires due to last Friday's rolling ⛈️⚡ thunderstorm & lightning. Of that:

    🔥52 wildfires in B.C. out of control
    🔥12+ evacuations

    Good news:

    NE Halifax evacuation order rescinded.

    Fort Simpson NWT evacuees now permitted to return home. 200+ active wildfires still in NWT.

    Ontario AQ warning has been downgraded from 'orange' to 'yellow'.

    #ClimateChange #fossilfuels #tarsands #CdnPoli

    cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.727

  2. Bad news:

    108 new #BCwildfires due to last Friday's rolling ⛈️⚡ thunderstorm & lightning. Of that:

    🔥52 wildfires in B.C. out of control
    🔥12+ evacuations

    Good news:

    NE Halifax evacuation order rescinded.

    Fort Simpson NWT evacuees now permitted to return home. 200+ active wildfires still in NWT.

    Ontario AQ warning has been downgraded from 'orange' to 'yellow'.

    #ClimateChange #fossilfuels #tarsands #CdnPoli

    cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.727

  3. "The Oilsands Alliance originally promised to capture 68 megatonnes of emissions each year — the largest #carboncapture project in the world. Now that number has dropped to 16". It was always a myth. Carbon capture is the #CarneyCons euphemism for 'green' #tarsands #oil!!!! Pure BS! Just more #fossilfuelsubsidies!!! thenarwhal.ca/oilsands-pathway

    #climateBreakdown #cdnpoli #abpoli

  4. "The Oilsands Alliance originally promised to capture 68 megatonnes of emissions each year — the largest #carboncapture project in the world. Now that number has dropped to 16". It was always a myth. Carbon capture is the #CarneyCons euphemism for 'green' #tarsands #oil!!!! Pure BS! Just more #fossilfuelsubsidies!!! thenarwhal.ca/oilsands-pathway

    #climateBreakdown #cdnpoli #abpoli

  5. "The Oilsands Alliance originally promised to capture 68 megatonnes of emissions each year — the largest #carboncapture project in the world. Now that number has dropped to 16". It was always a myth. Carbon capture is the #CarneyCons euphemism for 'green' #tarsands #oil!!!! Pure BS! Just more #fossilfuelsubsidies!!! thenarwhal.ca/oilsands-pathway

    #climateBreakdown #cdnpoli #abpoli

  6. "The Oilsands Alliance originally promised to capture 68 megatonnes of emissions each year — the largest #carboncapture project in the world. Now that number has dropped to 16". It was always a myth. Carbon capture is the #CarneyCons euphemism for 'green' #tarsands #oil!!!! Pure BS! Just more #fossilfuelsubsidies!!! thenarwhal.ca/oilsands-pathway

    #climateBreakdown #cdnpoli #abpoli

  7. "The Oilsands Alliance originally promised to capture 68 megatonnes of emissions each year — the largest #carboncapture project in the world. Now that number has dropped to 16". It was always a myth. Carbon capture is the #CarneyCons euphemism for 'green' #tarsands #oil!!!! Pure BS! Just more #fossilfuelsubsidies!!! thenarwhal.ca/oilsands-pathway

    #climateBreakdown #cdnpoli #abpoli

  8. They Are Dying. And #Canada Is Watching.

    #Mikisew #Cree’s own health study confirms what the community has always known: the #OilSands are killing them. If governments and industry don’t act, they say they will shut it all down.

    by Brandi Morin
    Apr 13, 2026

    Excerpt: "The findings confirmed what this community has carried in their grief, in their graveyards, for generations: cancer rates in Fort Chipewyan are at least 25 percent higher than the rest of Alberta. Since 1993, there have been 149 documented cases — and that number, Tuccaro says, is a gross underestimate. People who leave the community for treatment are no longer counted in local statistics. Factor those in, and the real number for Mikisew Cree members alone, he estimates, is closer to 250 to 300."

    indigenousinsider.substack.com

    #CanadaPol #FortChipewyan #MikisewCreeFirstNation #NativeAmericanNews #TarSands #BigOil #FirstNations #EnvironmentalRacism

  9. They Are Dying. And #Canada Is Watching.

    #Mikisew #Cree’s own health study confirms what the community has always known: the #OilSands are killing them. If governments and industry don’t act, they say they will shut it all down.

    by Brandi Morin
    Apr 13, 2026

    Excerpt: "The findings confirmed what this community has carried in their grief, in their graveyards, for generations: cancer rates in Fort Chipewyan are at least 25 percent higher than the rest of Alberta. Since 1993, there have been 149 documented cases — and that number, Tuccaro says, is a gross underestimate. People who leave the community for treatment are no longer counted in local statistics. Factor those in, and the real number for Mikisew Cree members alone, he estimates, is closer to 250 to 300."

    indigenousinsider.substack.com

    #CanadaPol #FortChipewyan #MikisewCreeFirstNation #NativeAmericanNews #TarSands #BigOil #FirstNations #EnvironmentalRacism

  10. They Are Dying. And #Canada Is Watching.

    #Mikisew #Cree’s own health study confirms what the community has always known: the #OilSands are killing them. If governments and industry don’t act, they say they will shut it all down.

    by Brandi Morin
    Apr 13, 2026

    Excerpt: "The findings confirmed what this community has carried in their grief, in their graveyards, for generations: cancer rates in Fort Chipewyan are at least 25 percent higher than the rest of Alberta. Since 1993, there have been 149 documented cases — and that number, Tuccaro says, is a gross underestimate. People who leave the community for treatment are no longer counted in local statistics. Factor those in, and the real number for Mikisew Cree members alone, he estimates, is closer to 250 to 300."

    indigenousinsider.substack.com

    #CanadaPol #FortChipewyan #MikisewCreeFirstNation #NativeAmericanNews #TarSands #BigOil #FirstNations #EnvironmentalRacism

  11. They Are Dying. And #Canada Is Watching.

    #Mikisew #Cree’s own health study confirms what the community has always known: the #OilSands are killing them. If governments and industry don’t act, they say they will shut it all down.

    by Brandi Morin
    Apr 13, 2026

    Excerpt: "The findings confirmed what this community has carried in their grief, in their graveyards, for generations: cancer rates in Fort Chipewyan are at least 25 percent higher than the rest of Alberta. Since 1993, there have been 149 documented cases — and that number, Tuccaro says, is a gross underestimate. People who leave the community for treatment are no longer counted in local statistics. Factor those in, and the real number for Mikisew Cree members alone, he estimates, is closer to 250 to 300."

    indigenousinsider.substack.com

    #CanadaPol #FortChipewyan #MikisewCreeFirstNation #NativeAmericanNews #TarSands #BigOil #FirstNations #EnvironmentalRacism

  12. They Are Dying. And #Canada Is Watching.

    #Mikisew #Cree’s own health study confirms what the community has always known: the #OilSands are killing them. If governments and industry don’t act, they say they will shut it all down.

    by Brandi Morin
    Apr 13, 2026

    Excerpt: "The findings confirmed what this community has carried in their grief, in their graveyards, for generations: cancer rates in Fort Chipewyan are at least 25 percent higher than the rest of Alberta. Since 1993, there have been 149 documented cases — and that number, Tuccaro says, is a gross underestimate. People who leave the community for treatment are no longer counted in local statistics. Factor those in, and the real number for Mikisew Cree members alone, he estimates, is closer to 250 to 300."

    indigenousinsider.substack.com

    #CanadaPol #FortChipewyan #MikisewCreeFirstNation #NativeAmericanNews #TarSands #BigOil #FirstNations #EnvironmentalRacism

  13. For #Indigenous communities in ‘#Alberta,’ the #OilIndustry has left an ugly stain

    Facing #OilSpills, evacuations and #illness — nations downstream of the #OilSands grieve their way of life, as the #corporations polluting their water get richer

    By Brandi Morin, December 7, 2023

    Excerpt: "The rush of the wind and sprays of water add to the thrill as Jason Castor guides his riverboat through a stretch of #LakeAthabasca near #FortChipewyan, in #Treaty8 territories. If he slows down, his boat could get stuck in the mud or even flip over because the water levels in this spot are remarkably low. He steers around buoys, dodges logs and other debris while accelerating to the mouth of the channel, which he knows should be deep enough to navigate at an average speed.

    "While trawling his boat further down the river, Castor points to odd-looking clusters resembling dirty foam floating by.

    " 'There’s just a slurry of a foam that looks like #oil or some kind of #chemical in there,' says Castor, a 42-year-old father, construction business owner and member of the #AthabascaChipewyan #FirstNation (#ACFN).

    "He’s been a traditional hunter, trapper and fisherman for nearly 20 years and has documented strange changes in the water, the land and animals.

    "Something’s going on in the river, he says.

    " 'They say that it’s natural, well, I know that that’s not natural because I’ve been on the river my whole life,' he explains as he points to brown and #WhiteFoam, #OilSheens and other discoloured formations floating on the river.

    "Nowadays, it’s risky to navigate these waterways because of industrial intakes like the #WACBennettDam to the west in B.C.; the #AlbertaOilSands just up the river and impacts from #ClimateChange.

    "The #PeaceAthabascaDelta is the second-largest #freshwater delta in the world.

    "The #AthabascaRiver, and the larger delta, also sit atop the world’s largest known reservoir of #CrudeBitumen.

    "The industry that has sprung up around it drives Alberta’s and Canada’s economy, employing about 138,000 people. In 2021, crude bitumen production totaled approximately 3.3 million barrels per day. The oil sands energy sector including oil sands, conventional #OilAndGas, mining and quarrying is valued at about $18 billion.

    "But while Canada prospers off the oil sands industry, #Indigenous communities downstream are dealing with its #toxic impacts.

    "Not only are the water levels fluctuating, but the health of the water flowing through the Athabasca River is jeopardized."

    Read more:
    indiginews.com/features/for-in

    #CanPol #CanadaPol #Alberta #TarSands #BigOilAndGas #OilSands #WaterIsLife #Pollution #Environment #Oiligarchy

  14. For #Indigenous communities in ‘#Alberta,’ the #OilIndustry has left an ugly stain

    Facing #OilSpills, evacuations and #illness — nations downstream of the #OilSands grieve their way of life, as the #corporations polluting their water get richer

    By Brandi Morin, December 7, 2023

    Excerpt: "The rush of the wind and sprays of water add to the thrill as Jason Castor guides his riverboat through a stretch of #LakeAthabasca near #FortChipewyan, in #Treaty8 territories. If he slows down, his boat could get stuck in the mud or even flip over because the water levels in this spot are remarkably low. He steers around buoys, dodges logs and other debris while accelerating to the mouth of the channel, which he knows should be deep enough to navigate at an average speed.

    "While trawling his boat further down the river, Castor points to odd-looking clusters resembling dirty foam floating by.

    " 'There’s just a slurry of a foam that looks like #oil or some kind of #chemical in there,' says Castor, a 42-year-old father, construction business owner and member of the #AthabascaChipewyan #FirstNation (#ACFN).

    "He’s been a traditional hunter, trapper and fisherman for nearly 20 years and has documented strange changes in the water, the land and animals.

    "Something’s going on in the river, he says.

    " 'They say that it’s natural, well, I know that that’s not natural because I’ve been on the river my whole life,' he explains as he points to brown and #WhiteFoam, #OilSheens and other discoloured formations floating on the river.

    "Nowadays, it’s risky to navigate these waterways because of industrial intakes like the #WACBennettDam to the west in B.C.; the #AlbertaOilSands just up the river and impacts from #ClimateChange.

    "The #PeaceAthabascaDelta is the second-largest #freshwater delta in the world.

    "The #AthabascaRiver, and the larger delta, also sit atop the world’s largest known reservoir of #CrudeBitumen.

    "The industry that has sprung up around it drives Alberta’s and Canada’s economy, employing about 138,000 people. In 2021, crude bitumen production totaled approximately 3.3 million barrels per day. The oil sands energy sector including oil sands, conventional #OilAndGas, mining and quarrying is valued at about $18 billion.

    "But while Canada prospers off the oil sands industry, #Indigenous communities downstream are dealing with its #toxic impacts.

    "Not only are the water levels fluctuating, but the health of the water flowing through the Athabasca River is jeopardized."

    Read more:
    indiginews.com/features/for-in

    #CanPol #CanadaPol #Alberta #TarSands #BigOilAndGas #OilSands #WaterIsLife #Pollution #Environment #Oiligarchy

  15. For #Indigenous communities in ‘#Alberta,’ the #OilIndustry has left an ugly stain

    Facing #OilSpills, evacuations and #illness — nations downstream of the #OilSands grieve their way of life, as the #corporations polluting their water get richer

    By Brandi Morin, December 7, 2023

    Excerpt: "The rush of the wind and sprays of water add to the thrill as Jason Castor guides his riverboat through a stretch of #LakeAthabasca near #FortChipewyan, in #Treaty8 territories. If he slows down, his boat could get stuck in the mud or even flip over because the water levels in this spot are remarkably low. He steers around buoys, dodges logs and other debris while accelerating to the mouth of the channel, which he knows should be deep enough to navigate at an average speed.

    "While trawling his boat further down the river, Castor points to odd-looking clusters resembling dirty foam floating by.

    " 'There’s just a slurry of a foam that looks like #oil or some kind of #chemical in there,' says Castor, a 42-year-old father, construction business owner and member of the #AthabascaChipewyan #FirstNation (#ACFN).

    "He’s been a traditional hunter, trapper and fisherman for nearly 20 years and has documented strange changes in the water, the land and animals.

    "Something’s going on in the river, he says.

    " 'They say that it’s natural, well, I know that that’s not natural because I’ve been on the river my whole life,' he explains as he points to brown and #WhiteFoam, #OilSheens and other discoloured formations floating on the river.

    "Nowadays, it’s risky to navigate these waterways because of industrial intakes like the #WACBennettDam to the west in B.C.; the #AlbertaOilSands just up the river and impacts from #ClimateChange.

    "The #PeaceAthabascaDelta is the second-largest #freshwater delta in the world.

    "The #AthabascaRiver, and the larger delta, also sit atop the world’s largest known reservoir of #CrudeBitumen.

    "The industry that has sprung up around it drives Alberta’s and Canada’s economy, employing about 138,000 people. In 2021, crude bitumen production totaled approximately 3.3 million barrels per day. The oil sands energy sector including oil sands, conventional #OilAndGas, mining and quarrying is valued at about $18 billion.

    "But while Canada prospers off the oil sands industry, #Indigenous communities downstream are dealing with its #toxic impacts.

    "Not only are the water levels fluctuating, but the health of the water flowing through the Athabasca River is jeopardized."

    Read more:
    indiginews.com/features/for-in

    #CanPol #CanadaPol #Alberta #TarSands #BigOilAndGas #OilSands #WaterIsLife #Pollution #Environment #Oiligarchy

  16. For #Indigenous communities in ‘#Alberta,’ the #OilIndustry has left an ugly stain

    Facing #OilSpills, evacuations and #illness — nations downstream of the #OilSands grieve their way of life, as the #corporations polluting their water get richer

    By Brandi Morin, December 7, 2023

    Excerpt: "The rush of the wind and sprays of water add to the thrill as Jason Castor guides his riverboat through a stretch of #LakeAthabasca near #FortChipewyan, in #Treaty8 territories. If he slows down, his boat could get stuck in the mud or even flip over because the water levels in this spot are remarkably low. He steers around buoys, dodges logs and other debris while accelerating to the mouth of the channel, which he knows should be deep enough to navigate at an average speed.

    "While trawling his boat further down the river, Castor points to odd-looking clusters resembling dirty foam floating by.

    " 'There’s just a slurry of a foam that looks like #oil or some kind of #chemical in there,' says Castor, a 42-year-old father, construction business owner and member of the #AthabascaChipewyan #FirstNation (#ACFN).

    "He’s been a traditional hunter, trapper and fisherman for nearly 20 years and has documented strange changes in the water, the land and animals.

    "Something’s going on in the river, he says.

    " 'They say that it’s natural, well, I know that that’s not natural because I’ve been on the river my whole life,' he explains as he points to brown and #WhiteFoam, #OilSheens and other discoloured formations floating on the river.

    "Nowadays, it’s risky to navigate these waterways because of industrial intakes like the #WACBennettDam to the west in B.C.; the #AlbertaOilSands just up the river and impacts from #ClimateChange.

    "The #PeaceAthabascaDelta is the second-largest #freshwater delta in the world.

    "The #AthabascaRiver, and the larger delta, also sit atop the world’s largest known reservoir of #CrudeBitumen.

    "The industry that has sprung up around it drives Alberta’s and Canada’s economy, employing about 138,000 people. In 2021, crude bitumen production totaled approximately 3.3 million barrels per day. The oil sands energy sector including oil sands, conventional #OilAndGas, mining and quarrying is valued at about $18 billion.

    "But while Canada prospers off the oil sands industry, #Indigenous communities downstream are dealing with its #toxic impacts.

    "Not only are the water levels fluctuating, but the health of the water flowing through the Athabasca River is jeopardized."

    Read more:
    indiginews.com/features/for-in

    #CanPol #CanadaPol #Alberta #TarSands #BigOilAndGas #OilSands #WaterIsLife #Pollution #Environment #Oiligarchy

  17. For #Indigenous communities in ‘#Alberta,’ the #OilIndustry has left an ugly stain

    Facing #OilSpills, evacuations and #illness — nations downstream of the #OilSands grieve their way of life, as the #corporations polluting their water get richer

    By Brandi Morin, December 7, 2023

    Excerpt: "The rush of the wind and sprays of water add to the thrill as Jason Castor guides his riverboat through a stretch of #LakeAthabasca near #FortChipewyan, in #Treaty8 territories. If he slows down, his boat could get stuck in the mud or even flip over because the water levels in this spot are remarkably low. He steers around buoys, dodges logs and other debris while accelerating to the mouth of the channel, which he knows should be deep enough to navigate at an average speed.

    "While trawling his boat further down the river, Castor points to odd-looking clusters resembling dirty foam floating by.

    " 'There’s just a slurry of a foam that looks like #oil or some kind of #chemical in there,' says Castor, a 42-year-old father, construction business owner and member of the #AthabascaChipewyan #FirstNation (#ACFN).

    "He’s been a traditional hunter, trapper and fisherman for nearly 20 years and has documented strange changes in the water, the land and animals.

    "Something’s going on in the river, he says.

    " 'They say that it’s natural, well, I know that that’s not natural because I’ve been on the river my whole life,' he explains as he points to brown and #WhiteFoam, #OilSheens and other discoloured formations floating on the river.

    "Nowadays, it’s risky to navigate these waterways because of industrial intakes like the #WACBennettDam to the west in B.C.; the #AlbertaOilSands just up the river and impacts from #ClimateChange.

    "The #PeaceAthabascaDelta is the second-largest #freshwater delta in the world.

    "The #AthabascaRiver, and the larger delta, also sit atop the world’s largest known reservoir of #CrudeBitumen.

    "The industry that has sprung up around it drives Alberta’s and Canada’s economy, employing about 138,000 people. In 2021, crude bitumen production totaled approximately 3.3 million barrels per day. The oil sands energy sector including oil sands, conventional #OilAndGas, mining and quarrying is valued at about $18 billion.

    "But while Canada prospers off the oil sands industry, #Indigenous communities downstream are dealing with its #toxic impacts.

    "Not only are the water levels fluctuating, but the health of the water flowing through the Athabasca River is jeopardized."

    Read more:
    indiginews.com/features/for-in

    #CanPol #CanadaPol #Alberta #TarSands #BigOilAndGas #OilSands #WaterIsLife #Pollution #Environment #Oiligarchy

  18. Montanans: Sign Montana Health and Climate's letter to Resist the Bridger Pipeline, a 647 mile long pipeline that will carry 1 million barrels of tar sands (or other crude ) oil a day through Montana
    #MTPol #Montana #Pipeline #TarSands
    docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI

  19. Montanans: Sign Montana Health and Climate's letter to Resist the Bridger Pipeline, a 647 mile long pipeline that will carry 1 million barrels of tar sands (or other crude ) oil a day through Montana
    #MTPol #Montana #Pipeline #TarSands
    docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI

  20. 🛢️ Due to a dispute between my husband and I came across this article and thought I would pass it along to anyone who might be interested in the history of the Alberta Tars Sands, the dirtiest most polluting oil on the planet, as told by "The Alberta Energy Sector"

    So take it in with a grain of salt, or as in this case, a few drops of lubricating oil ...

    #Alberta #TarSands
    #Canada #Polllution #Energy

    oilsandsmagazine.com/technical

  21. 🛢️ Due to a dispute between my husband and I came across this article and thought I would pass it along to anyone who might be interested in the history of the Alberta Tars Sands, the dirtiest most polluting oil on the planet, as told by "The Alberta Energy Sector"

    So take it in with a grain of salt, or as in this case, a few drops of lubricating oil ...

    #Alberta #TarSands
    #Canada #Polllution #Energy

    oilsandsmagazine.com/technical

  22. 🛢️ Due to a dispute between my husband and I came across this article and thought I would pass it along to anyone who might be interested in the history of the Alberta Tars Sands, the dirtiest most polluting oil on the planet, as told by "The Alberta Energy Sector"

    So take it in with a grain of salt, or as in this case, a few drops of lubricating oil ...

    #Alberta #TarSands
    #Canada #Polllution #Energy

    oilsandsmagazine.com/technical

  23. 🛢️ Due to a dispute between my husband and I came across this article and thought I would pass it along to anyone who might be interested in the history of the Alberta Tars Sands, the dirtiest most polluting oil on the planet, as told by "The Alberta Energy Sector"

    So take it in with a grain of salt, or as in this case, a few drops of lubricating oil ...

    #Alberta #TarSands
    #Canada #Polllution #Energy

    oilsandsmagazine.com/technical

  24. 🛢️ Due to a dispute between my husband and I came across this article and thought I would pass it along to anyone who might be interested in the history of the Alberta Tars Sands, the dirtiest most polluting oil on the planet, as told by "The Alberta Energy Sector"

    So take it in with a grain of salt, or as in this case, a few drops of lubricating oil ...

    #Alberta #TarSands
    #Canada #Polllution #Energy

    oilsandsmagazine.com/technical

  25. RE: mastodon.online/@quiosque/1163

    #OperationBrentCrude

    Shale oil is very profitable again and it's likely that even heavy, dirty, #Venezuelan oil extraction and refining is profitable with Brent Crude priced this high.

    Distraction from the #EpsteinFiles is a coincidental bonus and absolutely *NOT* a primary reason we're attacking Iran.

    #ShaleOil #TarSands #Oil #Venezuela #BrentCrude #OPEC #US #Israel #Canada

  26. RE: mastodon.online/@quiosque/1163

    #OperationBrentCrude

    Shale oil is very profitable again and it's likely that even heavy, dirty, #Venezuelan oil extraction and refining is profitable with Brent Crude priced this high.

    Distraction from the #EpsteinFiles is a coincidental bonus and absolutely *NOT* a primary reason we're attacking Iran.

    #ShaleOil #TarSands #Oil #Venezuela #BrentCrude #OPEC #US #Israel #Canada

  27. Apparently Pierre Poilievre is receiving many positive reviews for his performance on the U.S. BROcast Joe Rogan. Here's a link to a somewhat less nuanced review. #cdnpoli #manosphere #tarsands #fossilfools #spin
    youtube.com/shorts/kLERHw5OyJ8

  28. Apparently Pierre Poilievre is receiving many positive reviews for his performance on the U.S. BROcast Joe Rogan. Here's a link to a somewhat less nuanced review. #cdnpoli #manosphere #tarsands #fossilfools #spin
    youtube.com/shorts/kLERHw5OyJ8