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JEmphatically
@jemphatically.bsky.social
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Freelance journalist, photographer, environmentalist, introvert. Former oil & gas and government PR, semi-retired, grandma to Finn, and according to research, not cool. She/her. Stop the genocide. Born: 319 ppm
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JEmphatically @jemphatically.bsky.social · 6d
We’re like a deer in AI’s headlights.

“So this could get messy.”

More insight from my interview with Amory Lovins, co-founder of RMI group, and many, many others who are sounding the alarm.

#AIdatacentres #ableg #cdnpoli #AIbubble #economics

www.theenergymix.com/as-ai-invest...
As AI Investments Balloon, Experts See a Bubble
Concerns are growing that hyper-inflated investments in artificial intelligence (AI), and the data centres that power it, may be creating an “AI bubble” that’s about to burst and wreak havoc on the ec...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h
“.. Never before has so much money been spent so rapidly on a technology that, for all its potential, remains largely unproven ..”

@bloomberg.com $NVDA
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JEmphatically @jemphatically.bsky.social · 1d
ICYMI: Major financial institutions no longer regard Alberta as a “stable and predictable jurisdiction.”

“That perception has been significantly undermined in recent years due to the sheer volume and pace of regulatory and policy changes.”
#ableg #cdnpoli #electricity

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‘Alberta is disincentivizing renewables’: report | The Narwhal
Confidence in Alberta’s energy market has been undermined by the ‘sheer volume and pace of regulatory and policy changes,’ major financial backers say
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JEmphatically @jemphatically.bsky.social · 2d
Applause here!!
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 2d
DOJ: I would just reiterate request for stay pending appeal and admin stay and note request in order.

Judge: I am denying both requests for stays.

[HEARING ENDS]
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JEmphatically @jemphatically.bsky.social · 2d
Happening now!
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 2d
Judge: That's what I'll do. Prohibit federalization or deployment of any NG troops into Oregon. For all reasons in prior opinion. Deployment of federalized military is ultra vires and contrary to law, violating Title 10, section 12406. I also find it's likely that defendants violate 10th Amendment.
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JEmphatically @jemphatically.bsky.social · 3d
“Across regions, women innovate locally grounded solutions that sustain livelihoods, manage natural resources and foster social cohesion. Unlocking their full potential requires dismantling structural barriers to participation.”

/fin
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JEmphatically @jemphatically.bsky.social · 3d
Traditional patriarchal structures are failing us in every way, including in the climate change fight.

/more

#climatecrisis #climate #gender #feminism #climatechange

www.nupi.no/en/news/clim...
Climate, Peace and Security Thematic Fact Sheet: Women, Peace and Security | NUPI
Climate-related security risks are not gender-neutral; they intersect with existing social, political and economic inequalities, shaping people’s exposure to risk, capacity to adapt and inclusion in p...
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JEmphatically @jemphatically.bsky.social · 3d
America is not okay.
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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 3d
Journalists in Portland: Try to get photos of gas canisters/munitions, either spent on ground or still carried by DHS. ONLY IF SAFE. Use long lens. Risks unknown, don’t approach.

This green smoke isn’t super common. Raised concerns in 2020. Documenting DHS munitions may help accountability later.
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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 3d
Federal forces inexplicably tried to move all protestors out a city block using chemical irritants.
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Brad Weldon @canadensis.bsky.social · 3d
Israel abducted Canadian citizens in international waters on their way to provide humanitarian aid to a nation Canada now recognizes as sovereign.

What is our government doing about it?

Sweden demanded the return of its citizens within 24 hours.

Canada “urged” Israel to “ensure their safety.”
Canadians detained in Israel over Gaza-bound flotilla: Global Affairs
Global Affairs Canada says two Canadian citizens have been detained in Israel in connection with the Global Sumud Flotilla.
www.ctvnews.ca
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JEmphatically @jemphatically.bsky.social · 3d
“If we had a sensible approach to these things then someone would have to present some answers before they develop and use these systems.”

Alas...a sensible approach seems too much to ask for with AI date centres.

/fin
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JEmphatically @jemphatically.bsky.social · 3d
“The US and China are racing to see who can destroy the environment most quickly,” said Lenny Siegel, a member of Chips Communities United, a group working with industry and administration officials to try to implement environmental safeguards."

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JEmphatically @jemphatically.bsky.social · 3d
Tech companies’ use of Pfas gas at facilities may mean datacenters’ climate impact is worse than previously thought.

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#AIdatacenters #AIdatacentres #cdnpoli #ableg #foreverchemicals
#pollution #environment

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Advocates raise alarm over Pfas pollution from datacenters amid AI boom
Tech companies’ use of Pfas gas at facilities may mean datacenters’ climate impact is worse than previously thought
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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 5d
ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.
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JEmphatically @jemphatically.bsky.social · 4d
The reason? To power AI. This is just so exhausting.

thehill.com/policy/energ...
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JEmphatically @jemphatically.bsky.social · 4d
Now it seems like every time I turn around there’s more in the news about a coal comeback.

In this story, the EPA is making it easier for power plants to release pollution into waterways…including mercury and arsenic…which cause cancer.
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JEmphatically @jemphatically.bsky.social · 4d
The Energy Mix recently republished my personal reflection on how many stories I’ve been covering about coal.

www.theenergymix.com/as-coal-make...

#coal #uspolitics #environment #climatecrisis #pollution
Coal Comeback Sparks a Personal Reflection on Canada’s Mining Past
“What’s surprising and alarming is that I find myself working on so many stories about coal in the last half of 2025, not as a relic of the past, but as a fossil fuel that seems to be back in vogue fo...
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 7d
“Why are Albertans not more upset when trust is taken for granted? When leaders gamble with your future?”

Chief Sheldon Sunshine of the Sturgeon Lake Cree has issued a public call to action for Albertans to find their voices.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 5d
This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
Article reads: Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 6d
Just days after Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced it had to stop medical work in Gaza City due to Israeli attacks, Israeli forces have killed staff member Omar Hayek & injured 4 others in Deir al Balah.

Staff were wearing MSF vests, waiting for a bus to a field hospital.
Just days after Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced it had to stop medical work in Gaza City due to Israeli attacks, Israeli forces have killed staff member Omar Hayek & injured 4 others in Deir al Balah. Staff were wearing MSF vests, waiting for a bus to a field hospital.
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JEmphatically @jemphatically.bsky.social · 5d
This is happening in #yyc on Sunday, Oct. 5.
#ableg #abpoli #abeducation
Calgary Public Teachers Local 38, Rocky View ATA Local #35 and Calgary Catholic Teachers Local 55 poster: Join us at the World Teachers' Day Rally in Support of Public Education October 5, 2025, 3-4:30 pm at the McDougall Centre, 455 6 St SW in Calgary. Image includes a number of different coloured hands reaching out from a blue circle with white.
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JEmphatically @jemphatically.bsky.social · 5d
The town hall has now wrapped up. I saw 150+ people in the meeting. Signing off from my live coverage with one last slide from the organizers of the town hall.

All slides I posted to this thread were from the group presentation. Apologies for missing the alt text on some of the slides.
Slide in black with white and yellow text: Drill & Dash $150M in unpaid compensation to landowners $250M+ in unpaid municipal property taxes Offloading wells to insolvent companies
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JEmphatically @jemphatically.bsky.social · 5d
The conversation is now turning to the Alberta Energy Regulator.

Here's some information about the CEO of the AER:
www.theenergymix.com/oil-exec-tak...
Alberta Energy Regulator Conflict of Interest
The new chief executive officer of the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) lobbied the agency on behalf of his former oil and gas company as recently as April of last year, and only appears to have resigne...
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JEmphatically @jemphatically.bsky.social · 5d
Explosion hazards, health risks, gases that can't be detected - people on the call are asking questions.

Mark Dorin: "It's atrocious what is happening to Albertans living close to these oil and gas sites."
Popowich: "They're willing to put us at risk."

#ableg #cdnpoli #orphanwells #polluterpays
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JEmphatically @jemphatically.bsky.social · 5d
Popowich says it's not easy to stand up to your government and tell them they're doing it wrong.

"But the problem is a lot bigger than people realize."

The group is asking landowners to contact them with their stories.

#ableg #cdnpoli #orphanwells #polluterpays
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JEmphatically @jemphatically.bsky.social · 5d
This is the group's summary of the Mature Asset Strategy.

There's also a new detailed post on the ABLawg blog about this problem:
ablawg.ca/2025/09/30/t...

#ableg #cdnpoli #orphanwells #polluterpays
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JEmphatically @jemphatically.bsky.social · 5d
Bill Heidecker from the Alberta Surface Rights Federation is speaking to the extent of the problem now.

"We're asking to double production, but there's no strategy to fix the fundamental problem."

#ableg #cdnpoli #orphanwells #polluterpays
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