Reid Gomme
@regommoger.bsky.social
He/him. Environmental Lawyer, lives with many cats, forever Oilers fan (for better and worse)
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“Senior Alberta government officials stalled the submission of a coal mine pollution study to a scientific journal and prevented the lead researcher from speaking publicly about his work”
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Alberta officials stalled coal mine pollution study | The Narwhal
An Alberta government scientist was prevented from speaking publicly about his coal mine pollution research, emails show
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December 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
“Senior Alberta government officials stalled the submission of a coal mine pollution study to a scientific journal and prevented the lead researcher from speaking publicly about his work”
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New for @nationalobserver.com on funding from the Ontario government for winter roads. Climate change is making ice roads more expensive to build and maintain, and any costs that aren't covered by the feds or the province are left to the First Nations that rely on them.
Warming winters squeeze Ontario’s ice roads. Funding isn’t keeping up
Ontario added $2 million to its winter road program, but communities say climate change is rapidly outpacing funding.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
New for @nationalobserver.com on funding from the Ontario government for winter roads. Climate change is making ice roads more expensive to build and maintain, and any costs that aren't covered by the feds or the province are left to the First Nations that rely on them.
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I am pretty sure that when Merv Leitch and Peter Lougheed first created the notwithstanding clause, they didn’t mean it to be deployed to bully and oppress literal school children. #ableg #abpoli #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Alberta #notwithstandingclause
Alberta to invoke notwithstanding clause to shield 3 transgender bills from court challenges | CBC News
The Alberta government has tabled legislation that seeks to invoke the notwithstanding clause to shield a suite of bills that affects transgender youth and adults from legal challenges.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I am pretty sure that when Merv Leitch and Peter Lougheed first created the notwithstanding clause, they didn’t mean it to be deployed to bully and oppress literal school children. #ableg #abpoli #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Alberta #notwithstandingclause
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Well, this really stings. He was ♥️’d by all of us here in Edmonton. 😢
#RIPDarrenMarkland #EpicEpochOfLegendaryDeath
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Dr Darren Markland :Edmonton, AB Dead In A Bicycle Accident In Alberta - PingDesk.homes
Spread the loveDr Darren Markland :Edmonton, AB Dead In A Bicycle Accident In Alberta The Edmonton community is mourning the loss of Dr. Darren Markland, a respected physician whose life was tragicall...
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September 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Well, this really stings. He was ♥️’d by all of us here in Edmonton. 😢
#RIPDarrenMarkland #EpicEpochOfLegendaryDeath
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#RIPDarrenMarkland #EpicEpochOfLegendaryDeath
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READ @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social latest #OpEd 🔥
Ecojustice lawyer Fraser Thomson argues that "buoying up an outdated and environmentally harmful industry made little sense in times of strong friendship with our southern neighbour — it makes no sense today."
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Ecojustice lawyer Fraser Thomson argues that "buoying up an outdated and environmentally harmful industry made little sense in times of strong friendship with our southern neighbour — it makes no sense today."
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#coal
Fraser Thomson: A tariff tactic that minimizes harm to Canada and sends a message to Trump
Target American thermal coal, which simply passes through B.C. ports on its way to foreign buyers. Canadian consumers will not be impacted
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March 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
READ @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social latest #OpEd 🔥
Ecojustice lawyer Fraser Thomson argues that "buoying up an outdated and environmentally harmful industry made little sense in times of strong friendship with our southern neighbour — it makes no sense today."
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
#coal
Ecojustice lawyer Fraser Thomson argues that "buoying up an outdated and environmentally harmful industry made little sense in times of strong friendship with our southern neighbour — it makes no sense today."
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
#coal
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The Committee of Ministers decides that 🇨🇭isn't yet doing enough to meet the landmark #KlimaSeniorinnen judgment.
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KlimaSeniorinnen judgment: The Committee of Ministers sends the Swiss government back to the drawing board - Greenpeace Schweiz
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe decided this week that Switzerland is not yet complying with the requirements of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruling…
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March 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The Committee of Ministers decides that 🇨🇭isn't yet doing enough to meet the landmark #KlimaSeniorinnen judgment.
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B.C. Premier David Eby said he raised with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the possibility of targeting shipments of coal from the U.S. as a response to President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs.
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Eby Looks at Tariffs on US Coal Shipped Through BC | The Tyee
Vancouver is a major export port for coal shipments, which its US counterparts reject.
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February 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
B.C. Premier David Eby said he raised with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the possibility of targeting shipments of coal from the U.S. as a response to President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs.
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The Kenney government lifted the 1976 moratorium on coal mining in the Rockies; the public rose up in anger; the Kenney govt backtracked and returned the moratorium.
Smith and Jean have just listed the moratorium again. Will the public respond? Once more unto the breach??? #abpoli
Smith and Jean have just listed the moratorium again. Will the public respond? Once more unto the breach??? #abpoli
Breaking. Minister Jean lifts the coal moratorium. No doubt a response to the compensation claims.
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January 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The Kenney government lifted the 1976 moratorium on coal mining in the Rockies; the public rose up in anger; the Kenney govt backtracked and returned the moratorium.
Smith and Jean have just listed the moratorium again. Will the public respond? Once more unto the breach??? #abpoli
Smith and Jean have just listed the moratorium again. Will the public respond? Once more unto the breach??? #abpoli
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Whoa—the Montana Supreme Court holds that its state constitution protects the right to "a stable climate system," and strikes down a law that barred consideration of greenhouse gas emissions when permitting new fossil fuel projects. juddocumentservice.mt.gov/getDocByCTra...
December 18, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Whoa—the Montana Supreme Court holds that its state constitution protects the right to "a stable climate system," and strikes down a law that barred consideration of greenhouse gas emissions when permitting new fossil fuel projects. juddocumentservice.mt.gov/getDocByCTra...
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with no apparent irony, Alberta also "removed trapping limits on wolverines ... arguing it’s needed to get a better idea of how many wolverines there are."
NEW: Alberta has quietly opened cougar hunting in a provincial park.
It's the latest in a slew of changes to hunting rules from Alberta Parks and Forestry Minister Todd Loewen, a hunter whose family owns a hunting business, @drewanderson.bsky.social reports.
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It's the latest in a slew of changes to hunting rules from Alberta Parks and Forestry Minister Todd Loewen, a hunter whose family owns a hunting business, @drewanderson.bsky.social reports.
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Alberta quietly opens cougar hunting in provincial park | The Narwhal
Critics say the latest move to expand hunting came with little to no rationale or consultation
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December 3, 2024 at 8:17 PM
with no apparent irony, Alberta also "removed trapping limits on wolverines ... arguing it’s needed to get a better idea of how many wolverines there are."