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Nina Staum

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TV Editor. Podcast Producer @ The Climate Lens >> https://www.podcastics.com/podcast/4706/link/ Alberta hiker and nature lover.

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Nina Staum @ninastaum.bsky.social · 22d

New podcast episode today! Thanks to @bikecalgary.bsky.social and @bigclimate.bsky.social for the great interview! #yyc #abpoli #climate

Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 22d

The data on #Bikelanes are clear & consistent: GREAT for cities in just about every metric you can think of. So why are politicians across Canada attacking them? We dig in with @bikecalgary.bsky.social's Doug Clark & Alyssa Quinney

PODCAST: www.podcastics.com/episode/3835...
#yyc #yyccc #yycbike

Divide & Conquer: The B.S. Against Bike Lanes

Build barriers between cyclists and cars, not between people and their neighbors.

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MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 7h

Graph is worth a thousand words.

"Anecdotes from teachers, students and parents in other school divisions also suggest class sizes exceed those recommendations, but precise figures are harder to come by.

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Courtney Theriault @ctheriault.bsky.social · 2d

Honey, wake up, new potential Alberta referendum on ending private school funding just dropped.

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Jason Markusoff @markusoff.bsky.social · 6d

brb legally changing my name to Jason Undecided and preparing my 2029 mayoral campaign. will be a shoo-in

Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 6d

Calgary - Mayoral Polling:

Farkas: 16%
Gondek: 14%
Sharp: 11%
Davison: 8%
Thiessen: 4%
Clauson: 3%
Prior: 2%

Undecided: 35%

Leger / September 28, 2025 / n=490 / Online

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Nina Staum @ninastaum.bsky.social · 8d

I feel like this is going to become a cautionary tale about why we can't have nice things....

Nina Staum @ninastaum.bsky.social · 16d

If green energy were in fact a con job, what in fact would be the motive for that con? Please find me the shadowy Big Solar figures pulling the strings of governments around the world. I'm waiting.

Nina Staum @ninastaum.bsky.social · 16d

Despite rhetoric that associates non-car infrastructure development with liberal politics, “at the local level, there really isn’t that divide,” Mills said in an interview. Florida, he noted, is a red state with “extremely strong” plans to grow its network of mixed-use trails for bikes & pedestrians

Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars

The Trump administration canceled grants for street safety measures, pedestrian trails and bike lanes in communities around the country this month, each time offering a simple rationale for yanking ba...

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Nina Staum @ninastaum.bsky.social · 17d

"Administration told council Tuesday that there has been $200 million in climate-related spending, but the declaration has allowed the city to be more competitive for grant funding and leverage $287 million since 2021."

globalnews.ca/news/1143053...

Calgary’s climate emergency declaration remains after attempt to rescind defeated - Calgary | Globalnews.ca

The defeated motion called for Calgary's climate declaration to be rescinded and for administration to conduct a comprehensive audit of all city climate-related spending.

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Nina Staum @ninastaum.bsky.social · 17d

It's so frustrating to see so many #yyc mayor and council candidates pledging to rescind the climate emergency and blanket rezoning. Didn't both of those policies qualify Calgary to receive a lot of funding? Why is nobody talking about the financial upside?

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Nina Staum @ninastaum.bsky.social · 17d

Childhood memory unlocked.

Nina Staum @ninastaum.bsky.social · 17d

Your daily reminder that climate change is not your fault and is the result of the willful negligence of fossil fuel companies and their outright bribes to governments.

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Nina Staum @ninastaum.bsky.social · 20d

This seems bad. #cdnpoli

Nina Staum @ninastaum.bsky.social · 22d

New podcast episode today! Thanks to @bikecalgary.bsky.social and @bigclimate.bsky.social for the great interview! #yyc #abpoli #climate

Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 22d

Divide & Conquer: The B.S. Against Bike Lanes

Build barriers between cyclists and cars, not between people and their neighbors.

www.podcastics.com

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Nina Staum @ninastaum.bsky.social · 22d

For anyone in #yyc looking to get informed, might I recommend @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social's page? www.sprawlcalgary.com/stories/calg... #abpoli

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 27d

“Questioning the science" describes exactly what experts do every single day in the scientific literature.

It’s not done in a social media thread among random conspiracy promoters who've never seen a lab.

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Nina Staum @ninastaum.bsky.social · Sep 5

My takeaway: no excuse to go over one page unless asked for a CV. I also like that awards and festival selections are listed next to projects instead of separately.
I wouldn't list hobbies but volunteering and community work absolutely belong on a resume, and your own projects if you're a filmmaker.

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Climate Emergency Unit @climateunit.bsky.social · Sep 2

A new update from @environmentaldefence.ca reveals that Big Oil held 159 lobbying meetings with the new Carney gov't in its first three months. That's 355 so far this year, nearly three every workday, often with top decision-makers.

Canada deserves a gov't that serves Canadians, not oil lobbyists.

New gov’t, same old Big Oil lobby: April–June 2025 Lobbying Update - Environmental Defence

Canada has a new Prime Minister, but the same old fossil fuel industry players are still frequenting the halls of parliament. Lobbyists for Enbridge Inc.,

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Nina Staum @ninastaum.bsky.social · Aug 30

New reading list. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#bannedbooks #abpoli

The Handmaid's Tale among more than 200 books to be pulled at Edmonton public schools | CBC News

A list confirmed by CBC News shows titles like The Handmaid's Tale and Brave New World are among books to be pulled. The development comes after a policy from Alberta's education minister outlines new...

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Arno Kopecky @arnokopecky.bsky.social · Aug 29

Nothing says "Handmaid's Tale" like banning Handmaid's Tale

Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · Aug 29

So regressive & dystopian it feels like, um, The Handmaid’s Tale…👇

“…public school board is yanking more than 200 books from its library…”

“…including literary classics such as author Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’”

MAGA Alberta: edmontonjournal.com/news/edmonto....

Edmonton Public removing more than 200 library books to comply with provincial rules

Edmonton's public school board is yanking more than 200 books from library shelves this year to comply with Alberta government rules.

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Alberta Wilderness Association @albertawilderness.bsky.social · Aug 27

In an unprecedented move, Rob Morgan, the CEO of the Alberta Energy Regulator, has bowed to intense bullying from an Australian-based coal company and cancelled a planned public hearing on a large underground project near the town of Grande Cache.

Take action: shorturl.at/PhopK

shorturl.at/GgmMp

Outrage as Plug Pulled on Coal Mine Public Hearing | The Tyee

The CEO of Alberta’s energy regulator pleased a foreign mining firm with an unprecedented order.

thetyee.ca

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Nina Staum @ninastaum.bsky.social · Aug 27

"Concerns raised by environmental groups weren’t relevant, added the company, because these groups didn’t live in the area and therefore were not “directly affected.”
. . . studies show that toxic pollutants from coal mining can travel 100 kilometres downwind and 500 kilometres downstream. " #abpoli

Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · Aug 27

Via Andrew Nikiforuk.
Outrage as Plug Pulled on Coal Mine Public Hearing via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Outrage as Plug Pulled on Coal Mine Public Hearing | The Tyee

The CEO of Alberta’s energy regulator pleased a foreign mining firm with an unprecedented order.

thetyee.ca

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · Aug 25

“Former Alberta deputy premier takes pro-Canada petition to the streets”
#Forever-Canadian
#cdnpoli

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Former Alberta deputy premier takes pro-Canada petition to the streets | CBC News

Former Alberta politician Thomas Lukaszuk is a man on a not-so-lonely mission to keep Canada from splitting.

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Nina Staum @ninastaum.bsky.social · Aug 24

Signed the Forver Canadian petition today at Fish Creek Park. If you want to sign too, here's where to find a signing location:
www.forever-canadian.ca/sign-the-pet...
#abpoli

Me pointing at a sign advertising the "Forever Canadian" petition available to sign here.

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · Aug 22

YOUR #ClimateLens turned 3 years old this month with our 36th monthly episode and one of the best yet featuring super-smart #Urbanism expert @brenttoderian.bsky.social. Host @bigclimate.bsky.social & producer @ninastaum.bsky.social celebrated the occasion with the gang at #ThirdThursday! #yyc

3 cupcakes, one with 3 candles in it against a downtown Calgary backdrop

Show host Bentley blows out a cupcake candle, producer Nina laughing with the gang

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Lumine R-H @mark-rh.bsky.social · Aug 22

Given where we’re at climate-wise we should regard this as criminal.

Chris Turner @theturner.bsky.social · Aug 21

The fine folks @pembina.org have done the math on the toll of Alberta's UCP government's open war on clean power. Essentially an entire provincial grid's worth of emissions-free energy projects have been cancelled. Spectacular own goal, well done, Danielle Smith and team!

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · Aug 22

YOUR Calgary Climate Hub in the news again! That's a headline we're proud of! #JustSayNo to the #CarbonCapture pipe dream! #ClimateChange #yyc #abpoli calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...

Calgary climate protesters target carbon capture 'pipe dream'

Demonstrators Wednesday morning said they aren't against pipelines or carbon capture, they're against spending tax dollars on them.

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