CAPE Alberta
@cape-ab.bsky.social
Alberta committee of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. CAPE physicians and allies work to better human health by protecting the planet. Get involved at https://cape.ca/chapter/alberta_committee/
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📢 ACTION ALERT 📢
Calling all Albertans! Bill 7 is proposing worrisome changes to the Water Act, and we need your help.
Here's what you can do to oppose bad water policy in Alberta: albertawilderness.ca/action-alert...
Calling all Albertans! Bill 7 is proposing worrisome changes to the Water Act, and we need your help.
Here's what you can do to oppose bad water policy in Alberta: albertawilderness.ca/action-alert...
Action Alert: Talk to your MLA about Bill 7, the Water Amendment Act - Alberta Wilderness Association
We need you to speak with your MLA and request that they oppose amendments to the Water Act proposed in Bill 7 before it becomes law.
albertawilderness.ca
November 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
📢 ACTION ALERT 📢
Calling all Albertans! Bill 7 is proposing worrisome changes to the Water Act, and we need your help.
Here's what you can do to oppose bad water policy in Alberta: albertawilderness.ca/action-alert...
Calling all Albertans! Bill 7 is proposing worrisome changes to the Water Act, and we need your help.
Here's what you can do to oppose bad water policy in Alberta: albertawilderness.ca/action-alert...
Methane is an invisible health threat, and Alberta’s gas system is leaking it everywhere. Regulators claim progress, but real-world data shows massive underreporting. Rural families are breathing this in while industry shrugs. Alberta needs honest accounting and real protections.
Chasing methane, the invisible pollutant
We’re being led to believe it’s possible to eliminate wasted methane, but this could be another false promise from an industry that has fooled us too many times.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Methane is an invisible health threat, and Alberta’s gas system is leaking it everywhere. Regulators claim progress, but real-world data shows massive underreporting. Rural families are breathing this in while industry shrugs. Alberta needs honest accounting and real protections.
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edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... "As physicians, we’re already seeing the impacts of climate change in our practices, from heat-related illnesses to respiratory problems from wildfire smoke," says Julia Sawatzky of @cape-ab.bsky.social cont'd . .
Opinion: Alberta's AI boom poses hidden health, environmental risks
Today, I'm concerned about a growing threat to health: the rush to build gas-powered AI data centres across Alberta.
edmontonjournal.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 AM
edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu... "As physicians, we’re already seeing the impacts of climate change in our practices, from heat-related illnesses to respiratory problems from wildfire smoke," says Julia Sawatzky of @cape-ab.bsky.social cont'd . .
Another major pipeline expansion from Enbridge would mean higher emissions and more health impacts for Albertans. This is the opposite of a just, healthy energy transition.
Enbridge to spend $1.4-billion on pipeline networks to boost oil flows to U.S. refiners
Mainline Optimization Phase 1 project will increase capacity on company’s Mainline network and its Flanagan South Pipeline by about 250,000 barrels a day
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Another major pipeline expansion from Enbridge would mean higher emissions and more health impacts for Albertans. This is the opposite of a just, healthy energy transition.
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Many of these people are in Alberta, where aging oil and gas wells litter our landscape and leak methane into our atmosphere.
@phillipmeintzer.bsky.social @c4re-for-ab.bsky.social
@cape-ab.bsky.social @calgaryclimatehub.ca @forourkidscanada.bsky.social #cleanupyourmess #ableg
@phillipmeintzer.bsky.social @c4re-for-ab.bsky.social
@cape-ab.bsky.social @calgaryclimatehub.ca @forourkidscanada.bsky.social #cleanupyourmess #ableg
This new @amnesty.org study is damning.
A quarter of the world’s population lives within a 3 mile radius if a fossil fuel project. That’s 2b people.
We must end this era of greed and harm.
www.downtoearth.org.in/amp/story/cl...
A quarter of the world’s population lives within a 3 mile radius if a fossil fuel project. That’s 2b people.
We must end this era of greed and harm.
www.downtoearth.org.in/amp/story/cl...
November 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Many of these people are in Alberta, where aging oil and gas wells litter our landscape and leak methane into our atmosphere.
@phillipmeintzer.bsky.social @c4re-for-ab.bsky.social
@cape-ab.bsky.social @calgaryclimatehub.ca @forourkidscanada.bsky.social #cleanupyourmess #ableg
@phillipmeintzer.bsky.social @c4re-for-ab.bsky.social
@cape-ab.bsky.social @calgaryclimatehub.ca @forourkidscanada.bsky.social #cleanupyourmess #ableg
A new op-ed from CAPE AB Co-Chair Dr. Julia Sawatzky cuts through the hype: gas-powered AI data centres mean more air pollution, more toxic chemicals, and more pressure on rural & Indigenous communities. Alberta deserves a cleaner vision.
Opinion: Alberta's AI boom poses hidden health, environmental risks
Today, I'm concerned about a growing threat to health: the rush to build gas-powered AI data centres across Alberta.
edmontonjournal.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
A new op-ed from CAPE AB Co-Chair Dr. Julia Sawatzky cuts through the hype: gas-powered AI data centres mean more air pollution, more toxic chemicals, and more pressure on rural & Indigenous communities. Alberta deserves a cleaner vision.
The Calgary Climate Symposium runs Nov 17–21.
It’s free, online, and open to all — featuring keynote Dr. Katharine Hayhoe and a health-focused panel with CAPE members Dr. Steve Wilton, Dr. Phil Barber, Dr. Kristen Sjonnesen, and Dr. Christine Gibson.
Learn more: calgary.ca/ClimateSymposium
It’s free, online, and open to all — featuring keynote Dr. Katharine Hayhoe and a health-focused panel with CAPE members Dr. Steve Wilton, Dr. Phil Barber, Dr. Kristen Sjonnesen, and Dr. Christine Gibson.
Learn more: calgary.ca/ClimateSymposium
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The Calgary Climate Symposium runs Nov 17–21.
It’s free, online, and open to all — featuring keynote Dr. Katharine Hayhoe and a health-focused panel with CAPE members Dr. Steve Wilton, Dr. Phil Barber, Dr. Kristen Sjonnesen, and Dr. Christine Gibson.
Learn more: calgary.ca/ClimateSymposium
It’s free, online, and open to all — featuring keynote Dr. Katharine Hayhoe and a health-focused panel with CAPE members Dr. Steve Wilton, Dr. Phil Barber, Dr. Kristen Sjonnesen, and Dr. Christine Gibson.
Learn more: calgary.ca/ClimateSymposium
Alberta's pushing new coal mines and a plan to stick taxpayers with $60B in oil well cleanup costs. Join landowners & citizen activists Nov 5 in Calgary to fight back. Free admission + food. Details: CleanUpYourMess.ca/nov5-calgary-townhall #ABLeg
NOV 5: Calgary Town Hall - Alberta Oil and Gas Well Cleanup Crisis
Join us November 5th in Calgary for an in-person town hall exposing the government's plan to make taxpayers pay for oil and gas cleanup. Free admission - food provided.
CleanUpYourMess.ca
October 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Alberta's pushing new coal mines and a plan to stick taxpayers with $60B in oil well cleanup costs. Join landowners & citizen activists Nov 5 in Calgary to fight back. Free admission + food. Details: CleanUpYourMess.ca/nov5-calgary-townhall #ABLeg
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"For a rational civilization, there would be clear incentives to be much bolder in countering this existential crisis."
www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/01/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/01/o...
We need to treat fossil fuels like Big Tobacco
To reduce the consumption of fossil fuels and stem disinformation that blocks effective climate action, a comprehensive ban on advertising, promotion and sponsorship of fossil fuel products and indust...
www.nationalobserver.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"For a rational civilization, there would be clear incentives to be much bolder in countering this existential crisis."
www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/01/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/01/o...
Methane from oil and gas sites is fuelling the climate crisis and polluting the air our kids breathe.
CAPE joined @forourkidscanada.bsky.social this week for a webinar on why we need strong methane rules now.
Watch the recording here:
CAPE joined @forourkidscanada.bsky.social this week for a webinar on why we need strong methane rules now.
Watch the recording here:
Clean Air, Healthy Kids & Communities: The Case for Strong Methane Regulations
YouTube video by CAPE | ACME
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October 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Methane from oil and gas sites is fuelling the climate crisis and polluting the air our kids breathe.
CAPE joined @forourkidscanada.bsky.social this week for a webinar on why we need strong methane rules now.
Watch the recording here:
CAPE joined @forourkidscanada.bsky.social this week for a webinar on why we need strong methane rules now.
Watch the recording here:
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Coming up on Thursday, Oct 23 - join us for Clean Air, Healthy Kids & Communities: The Case for Strong Methane Regulations.
Explore the impacts of methane on kids and communities - and the policy solutions we need in order to end emissions.
Registration is still open. RVSP now!
Explore the impacts of methane on kids and communities - and the policy solutions we need in order to end emissions.
Registration is still open. RVSP now!
Clean Air, Healthy Kids & Communities: The Case for Strong Methane Regulations
www.forourkids.ca
October 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Coming up on Thursday, Oct 23 - join us for Clean Air, Healthy Kids & Communities: The Case for Strong Methane Regulations.
Explore the impacts of methane on kids and communities - and the policy solutions we need in order to end emissions.
Registration is still open. RVSP now!
Explore the impacts of methane on kids and communities - and the policy solutions we need in order to end emissions.
Registration is still open. RVSP now!
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Join @thecityofedmonton.bsky.social and @ualberta.bsky.social on Thursday, Oct. 23 for a free virtual lunch and learn featuring experts on climate trends in Edmonton, the Climate Change + Health Hub, and new tools to connect climate researchers! 💡
➡️ Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
➡️ Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Join @thecityofedmonton.bsky.social and @ualberta.bsky.social on Thursday, Oct. 23 for a free virtual lunch and learn featuring experts on climate trends in Edmonton, the Climate Change + Health Hub, and new tools to connect climate researchers! 💡
➡️ Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
➡️ Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Dr. Norm Campbell, CAPE: “As a general rule, there’s substantive increases in cancers and heart attacks, strokes, dementia, and birth defects [near orphan wells]. These are major causes of death and disability, and rates may be going up by 20% in some of the people living close to these wells.”
Alberta Orphan Well Strategy Faces Pushback from Residents, Municipalities, Experts
Pushback is growing among Alberta municipalities, landowners, and concerned residents who say the province is pressing ahead with a regulatory system that lets oil and gas companies dodge taxes, skip ...
www.theenergymix.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Dr. Norm Campbell, CAPE: “As a general rule, there’s substantive increases in cancers and heart attacks, strokes, dementia, and birth defects [near orphan wells]. These are major causes of death and disability, and rates may be going up by 20% in some of the people living close to these wells.”
Premier Smith’s plan to nearly double Alberta’s oil production puts profits ahead of people’s health. Physicians warn it will worsen air pollution, raise rates of asthma, heart disease, and cancer, and leave taxpayers with the cleanup bill—all while fast-tracking industry projects.
CAPE Alberta warns Premier Smith's mandate letter threatens public health and environmental justice - CAPE
Premier Danielle Smith's newly released plans for expanding oil production would expose Albertans to more pollution and health harms, warns the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (...
cape.ca
October 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Premier Smith’s plan to nearly double Alberta’s oil production puts profits ahead of people’s health. Physicians warn it will worsen air pollution, raise rates of asthma, heart disease, and cancer, and leave taxpayers with the cleanup bill—all while fast-tracking industry projects.
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Without proper cleanup, aging oil and gas wells at the end of their producing lives continue to leak methane and toxic pollutants — and potential policy changes in AB risk shifting these cleanup costs onto taxpayers.
Learn more at tonight's town hall. 👇
Learn more at tonight's town hall. 👇
REGISTER: Virtual Town Hall - Alberta Oil and Gas Well Cleanup Crisis
Join us October 2nd for a virtual town hall exposing the government's plan to make taxpayers pay for oil and gas cleanup. Free registration - secure your spot now.
buff.ly
October 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Without proper cleanup, aging oil and gas wells at the end of their producing lives continue to leak methane and toxic pollutants — and potential policy changes in AB risk shifting these cleanup costs onto taxpayers.
Learn more at tonight's town hall. 👇
Learn more at tonight's town hall. 👇
Join us Oct 3 at Edmonton’s Garneau Theatre for an Ecological Grief Dialogue & Film Screening – The Magnitude of All Things with Dr. Ashlee Cunsolo. 🎬🌍 Free event + popcorn & soda! CAPE AB will have a booth, so come say hi! www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-he...
September 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Join us Oct 3 at Edmonton’s Garneau Theatre for an Ecological Grief Dialogue & Film Screening – The Magnitude of All Things with Dr. Ashlee Cunsolo. 🎬🌍 Free event + popcorn & soda! CAPE AB will have a booth, so come say hi! www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-he...
Alberta’s “Mature Asset Strategy” (MAS) is smoke & mirrors. As @ablawg.bsky.social shows, it hides the real origins of the oil & gas cleanup crisis - decades of lax rules + industry lobbying - and shifts costs onto the public instead of making polluters pay. 1/4
The Mature Asset Strategy for Alberta’s Oil and Gas Closure Liability Crisis: Where there is Smoke [and Mirrors], there is Fire
By: Martin Olszynski, Drew Yewchuk, and Shaun Fluker Matter Commented On: Alberta’s Mature Asset Strategy: What we Heard and Recommendations Report, April 3, 2025 PDF Version: The Mature Asset Stra…
ablawg.ca
September 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Alberta’s “Mature Asset Strategy” (MAS) is smoke & mirrors. As @ablawg.bsky.social shows, it hides the real origins of the oil & gas cleanup crisis - decades of lax rules + industry lobbying - and shifts costs onto the public instead of making polluters pay. 1/4
🛢️💨 Join us for a virtual town hall exposing how Alberta is letting oil and gas companies off the hook while everyday Canadians pay the price – with their tax dollars and their health.
🗓️ Oct 2 @ 7pm MT 🎤 CAPE AB physicians + landowners + lawyers
🎯 Register: cleanupyourmess.ca/oct2-townhall
🗓️ Oct 2 @ 7pm MT 🎤 CAPE AB physicians + landowners + lawyers
🎯 Register: cleanupyourmess.ca/oct2-townhall
REGISTER: Virtual Town Hall - Alberta Oil and Gas Well Cleanup Crisis
Join us October 2nd for a virtual town hall exposing the government's plan to make taxpayers pay for oil and gas cleanup. Free registration - secure your spot now.
cleanupyourmess.ca
September 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
🛢️💨 Join us for a virtual town hall exposing how Alberta is letting oil and gas companies off the hook while everyday Canadians pay the price – with their tax dollars and their health.
🗓️ Oct 2 @ 7pm MT 🎤 CAPE AB physicians + landowners + lawyers
🎯 Register: cleanupyourmess.ca/oct2-townhall
🗓️ Oct 2 @ 7pm MT 🎤 CAPE AB physicians + landowners + lawyers
🎯 Register: cleanupyourmess.ca/oct2-townhall
Dr. Courtney Howard, former CAPE president, CAPE AB physicians Andrea Hull & John O’Connor, and others coauthored a CMAJ commentary calling for urgent, community-led research on the health impacts of Alberta’s oil sands, amplifying Indigenous concerns and linking environmental protection to health.
www.cmaj.ca
September 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Dr. Courtney Howard, former CAPE president, CAPE AB physicians Andrea Hull & John O’Connor, and others coauthored a CMAJ commentary calling for urgent, community-led research on the health impacts of Alberta’s oil sands, amplifying Indigenous concerns and linking environmental protection to health.
Methane is a super-pollutant fueling floods, fires, drought, and heatwaves. Most of it in Canada comes from oil and gas. Cutting methane is the fastest way to protect our kids’ health and climate. Take action here with @forourkidscanada.bsky.social .
Tell policymakers we need bold action on methane pollution!
www.forourkids.ca
September 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Methane is a super-pollutant fueling floods, fires, drought, and heatwaves. Most of it in Canada comes from oil and gas. Cutting methane is the fastest way to protect our kids’ health and climate. Take action here with @forourkidscanada.bsky.social .
Alberta's restrictions on renewable projects have led to the cancellation of enough power to cover 109% of the province's average electricity demand. We're losing clean, affordable electricity & rural tax revenue while investors look elsewhere. Alberta deserves better.
Alberta Restrictions Cancel 10.7 GW of New Renewables, 89% of Province’s Peak Power Demand
“Economic development from renewables is not just economic development from renewables,” says Pembina Institute Senior Analyst Will Noel. “It’s vitally important to clean up our power supply and keep ...
www.theenergymix.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Alberta's restrictions on renewable projects have led to the cancellation of enough power to cover 109% of the province's average electricity demand. We're losing clean, affordable electricity & rural tax revenue while investors look elsewhere. Alberta deserves better.
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⚡ PHONE ZAP ⚡ AUGUST 27 ⚡ GET THE FEDS TO ACT ON METHANE POLLUTION
Did you know that federal methane regulations are ready to go? Let's help get them across the finish line! Join our phone zap and let's use our collective voice for climate action!
www.forourkids.ca/methane_phon...
Did you know that federal methane regulations are ready to go? Let's help get them across the finish line! Join our phone zap and let's use our collective voice for climate action!
www.forourkids.ca/methane_phon...
August 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
⚡ PHONE ZAP ⚡ AUGUST 27 ⚡ GET THE FEDS TO ACT ON METHANE POLLUTION
Did you know that federal methane regulations are ready to go? Let's help get them across the finish line! Join our phone zap and let's use our collective voice for climate action!
www.forourkids.ca/methane_phon...
Did you know that federal methane regulations are ready to go? Let's help get them across the finish line! Join our phone zap and let's use our collective voice for climate action!
www.forourkids.ca/methane_phon...
Over 100 groups, including @cape-acme.bsky.social, are calling on Mark Carney to back a bold, renewable-powered east–west grid. Clean energy, good jobs, stronger communities, healthier futures—with Indigenous rights and workers at the centre.
Over 100 organizations call to build Canada’s east-west electricity grid with renewable energy while upholding Indigenous rights - David Suzuki Foundation
More than 100 groups are calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to prioritize building out Canada’s electricity grid with renewable energy.
davidsuzuki.org
July 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Over 100 groups, including @cape-acme.bsky.social, are calling on Mark Carney to back a bold, renewable-powered east–west grid. Clean energy, good jobs, stronger communities, healthier futures—with Indigenous rights and workers at the centre.
Alberta has scrapped its limits on methane gas flaring. The province flared 36% over its limit last year. Dr. @jvipondmd.bsky.social explains why this move by the Province is a disaster for public health and why @cape-acme.bsky.social wants the cap reinstated.
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July 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Alberta has scrapped its limits on methane gas flaring. The province flared 36% over its limit last year. Dr. @jvipondmd.bsky.social explains why this move by the Province is a disaster for public health and why @cape-acme.bsky.social wants the cap reinstated.
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Fires are raging across the prairies. Parents and caregivers are unequivocal - we need urgent action to reduce #methane pollution. We must #ProtectWhatWeLove #CleanAirDay #EnviroWeek
Please sign our @forourkidscanada.bsky.social letter: www.forourkids.ca/methane_poll...
Please sign our @forourkidscanada.bsky.social letter: www.forourkids.ca/methane_poll...
June 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Fires are raging across the prairies. Parents and caregivers are unequivocal - we need urgent action to reduce #methane pollution. We must #ProtectWhatWeLove #CleanAirDay #EnviroWeek
Please sign our @forourkidscanada.bsky.social letter: www.forourkids.ca/methane_poll...
Please sign our @forourkidscanada.bsky.social letter: www.forourkids.ca/methane_poll...