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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The oil and gas cleanup crisis and AI data centres are two sides of the same coin in #Alberta. In both cases, big tech and natural gas companies are being prioritized, while community concerns are being ignored. #datacentres #abpoli #albertans #abnews

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Orphan wells are a multi-BILLION dollar liability in #Alberta, and a lot of those costs have been downloaded onto the public. But why has the problem been getting WORSE in recent years? 👀

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"We need to break up with the belief that what’s good for #oilandgas executives is automatically what’s best for everyday #Albertans. If we’re supposed to believe in trickle-down economics, shouldn’t more of the wealth actually trickle down?"

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This weekend, our campaign organizer Phillip attended the Central #Alberta Rodeo Association finals in Rimbey to connect with more rural landowners and community members on the issue of oil and gas cleanup 🤠

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Amanda's waited for YEARS for an orphan well on her land to be cleaned up. Meanwhile, she can't build on that land or use it for livestock, and she fears the safety consequences of having a largely unmonitored well on her land. And the worst part? Amanda is far from the only one. #alberta #abpoli

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Dwight is one of the #Alberta landowners taking the Alberta Energy Regulator to court over their failure to protect Albertans from the orphan well crisis. CBC’s Alberta Noon show had Dwight on as a guest last week, listen in to learn more about the orphan well crisis and how it affects the public

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The Smiths' story is absolutely heartbreaking. #Alberta farmers deserve better than constant threats to their herd and their drinking water supply. Read the full story here: drillanddash.substack.com/p/alberta-ni...

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Alberta nightmare: a family farm shattered when a fracking company moves in next door

Bison farmers Butch and Nicole Smith share their story in a powerful new video.

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The Smiths are a hard-working family who’ve spent their whole lives building their dream of a family bison farm. When a major gas fracking operation moved in next door, they were worried. And with good reason. #abnews #abpoli #alberta #daniellesmith www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ6w...

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The Smiths' Story: Albertan Bison Farmers Hurt by Neighbouring Fracking Company

YouTube video by Coalition for Responsible Energy Alberta

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For Our Kids - Alberta @forourkidsalberta.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We teach our kids to clean up their messes. Oil and gas corporations should be held accountable for cleaning up theirs. We stand in solidarity with the landowners taking the AER to court. #accountability #abpoli #ableg

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🚨 The Alberta Energy Regulator is being taken to court by a group of rural landowners for failing to protect Albertans from the orphan well crisis 🚨

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Ecojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

“The law is clear: the Orphan Fund Levy is supposed to cover cleanup costs,” said Ecojustice lawyer and Alberta resident, Susanne Calabrese. Learn more 👉 ecojustice.ca/file/alberta...

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Ecojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

With this challenge, they’re arguing that the AER’s chronic underfunding of the Orphan Fund Levy — meant to fund cleanup of oil and gas liabilities managed by the Orphan Well Association (OWA) — is against the law. Learn more 👉 ecojustice.ca/file/alberta...

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

👏👏The AER needs to be held accountable👏👏

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"We need to break up with the belief that what’s good for oil and gas executives is automatically what’s best for everyday #Albertans. If we’re supposed to believe in trickle-down economics, shouldn’t more of the wealth actually trickle down?" 👏👏👏 #abnews #alberta calgaryherald.com/opinion/its-...

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It's time for Alberta to rethink resource royalties

Rethinking resource royalties

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Phillip Meintzer @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

“I feel like we were blindsided.” - Alberta nightmare: a family farm shattered when a fracking company moves in next door drillanddash.substack.com/p/alberta-ni... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli @cuym-alberta.bsky.social

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Alberta nightmare: a family farm shattered when a fracking company moves in next door

Bison farmers Butch and Nicole Smith share their story in a powerful new video.

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

We know that many Albertans have benefited from the industry. But we don’t think that gives the industry a blank slate to harm Albertan communities, families, or the water that we all rely on. Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ6w... #abpoli #abnews #alberta #farming #daniellesmith

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Phillip Meintzer @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

"The report echoes landowner advocates’ concerns that the Alberta government’s plan for cleaning up thousands of inactive oil and gas wells, the province’s so-called Mature Asset Strategy, violates the polluter pay principle... " www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/01/n... #ABLeg @readtheorchard.org

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Report calls for escalating fees for Alberta's inactive oil wells

According to the Pembina Institute, it's cheaper under the current system for a company to let a well sit inactive for years or even decades until the company goes bankrupt or the well can be transfer...

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The Smith family deserves to have their story told. A major fracking operation moving in right next to their farm and threatening local water supplies during a ten-year drought? Their bison herd losing hundreds of calves due to stress? Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ6w...

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Phillip Meintzer @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is why data centres are being pushed so hard here in Alberta as well. They want to burn more natural gas to make gas companies more profitable (and to help companies avoid cleanup) - while ordinary Albertans will be stuck paying more for our utility bills. #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It’s possible to responsibly develop oil and gas without harming other landowners and stakeholders. When they are actually harmed, the oil company must compensate. Simple concepts increasingly ignored in lawless Alberta. #AERReform youtu.be/e8VFqQXxvwE?si… via @YouTube

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The Smiths’ Story: Alberta Ranchers Speak Out About Losing Farm After Fracking Company Moves In

YouTube video by Ecojustice Canada

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Ecojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Meet the Smiths. For over 30 years, Nicole and Butch Smith built a life for themselves raising bison on the Alberta plains. Then, their lives were turned upside down when an energy company moved in next door. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8VF...

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The Smiths’ Story: Alberta Ranchers Speak Out About Losing Farm After Fracking Company Moves In

YouTube video by Ecojustice Canada

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Is the #Alberta government in the wrong here? Let us know what you think in the comments below 👀 It was great to see Ryan J's Real Talk podcast cover Mark Dorin's #Edmonton landowner blockade back in March, and he featured a quick update this week. Check it out now! #abnews #abpoli #daniellesmith

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Calgary Climate Hub @calgaryclimatehub.ca · 26/08/2026

The powers that be seem as determined to dot the landscape with #DataCentres as citizens around the world & across the partisan divide seem increasingly determined to stop them. We dig in with our good friend @jennyyeremiy.bsky.social of @www.thegravitywell.net! www.podcastics.com/episode/4297...

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Data Centres: Who Benefits? Who Pays?

Plans for new data centres in Alberta threaten water resources and energy prices

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

An important watch to understand how orphan wells hurt all Albertans, even those without wells on their land! Read the full report here: www.pembina.org/pub/no-well-...

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Our volunteers and partner orgs have been busy this summer speaking at town halls and rallies across the province about the AI data centres that have been proposed for #Alberta

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Back in 2020, the B.C. Energy Regulator exempted thousands of pipelines belonging to Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL) from their standard clean-up timelines. 🧵 #bc #britishcolumbia #alberta #abpoli #bcpoli

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Phillip Meintzer @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

"The fix is straightforward: make polluters pay the debts they owe as well as the real costs of cleanup, and make them pay in a reasonable time before these become a burden on Albertans and Alberta taxpayers" www.pembina.org/pub/unpaid-b... #ABLeg #CDNPoli @pembina.org @cuym-alberta.bsky.social

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Unpaid Bills | Pembina Institute

Albertans are at risk of being left an increasing bill for obligations taken on by oil and gas companies: for cleaning up their production sites and for rent and taxes owed. Companies are legally requ...

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Ecojustice @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

"“The problem is we have the best rules, but they're just not being followed,” [Dwight] Popowich said. “We don't need more new rules. We just need the regulator to actually regulate.”" We need to stop "drilling and dashing" in Alberta. Demand a public inquiry now >> ecojustice.ca/take-action/...

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Looks like the #Alberta govt, owner of the Transportation Utility Corridor in #Edmonton, doesn’t like the Clean Up Your Mess sign that a landowner put up after years of lease non-payment. Tons of room to park the tractors that mow the grass, but they pick in front of the sign 😮

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The oil & gas industry can absolutely afford to pay their own cleanup costs… so why is there an orphan well crisis in Alberta? And why do these costs keep ballooning? The answer might surprise you 👀 #abpoli #alberta #daniellesmith #markcarney #abnews #albertanews

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Give Voice AB - Resistance, rooted in community. @givevoiceab.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We’re 4 days out! Join us this Saturday, Aug 22 (1–3 PM) #St.Albert Hear from @jennyyeremiy.bsky.social , Jesse Cardinal and Prof Carol Edwards counter government spin. #abpoli Free admission! Reserve your spot: datacentresturgeoncounty.eventbrite.ca

Event poster titled "BIG TECH. BIGGER QUESTIONS. Beyond the Headlines: The Sturgeon County META Data Centre."

Subheading:

"Exploring the questions our community should be asking through the lens of stewardship, transparency, accountability, and responsible development."

Speakers:

Jesse Cardinal – Executive Director, Keepers of the Water (Kikino Métis Settlement, Treaty 6)

Jenny Yeremiy – Professional Geophysicist, Host of The Gravity Well (Originally from St. Albert, now in Calgary, Treaty 7)

Prof. Carol A. Edwards – Retired Professor of Finance, Olds Residents for Responsible Development

Event Details:

Date: Saturday, August 22, 2026

Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Location: St. Albert Curling Rink, 3 Taché Street, St. Albert · Upstairs

Admission: Free Event

Action: QR code with text "SCAN TO REGISTER"

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Poster Design: Hazel B. | A Give Voice Event

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

One of our campaign organizers recently hit the road to some communities across rural #Alberta that are heavily impacted by the #oilandgas cleanup issue. Where would you like to see us head next? We'd love to connect with more affected communities and landowners! #abpoli #abnews

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Give Voice AB - Resistance, rooted in community. @givevoiceab.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Time to get informed. @jennyyeremiy.bsky.social , Jesse Cardinal and Prof Carol Edwards will update you. Come curious, leave ready to take action. FREE register now. datacentresturgeoncounty.eventbrite.ca

Event poster titled "Big Tech. Bigger Questions. Beyond the Headlines: The Sturgeon County META Data Centre." Held on Saturday, August 22, 2026, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM at the St. Albert Curling Rink (Upstairs). Features speakers Jesse Cardinal, Jenny Yeremiy, and Prof. Carol A. Edwards. Free event with QR code to register.

Detailed Description (Plain Text Format)

BIG TECH. BIGGER QUESTIONS.
Beyond the Headlines: The Sturgeon County META Data Centre

Exploring the questions our community should be asking through the lens of stewardship, transparency, accountability, and responsible development.

SPEAKERS

Jesse Cardinal: Executive Director, Keepers of the Water (Kikino Métis Settlement, Treaty 6)

Jenny Yeremiy: Professional Geophysicist; Host, The Gravity Well (Originally from St. Albert, now in Calgary, Treaty 7)

Prof. Carol A. Edwards: Retired Professor of Finance (Olds Residents for Responsible Development)

EVENT DETAILS

Date: Saturday, August 22, 2026
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: St. Albert Curling Rink, 3 Taché Street, St. Albert (Upstairs)
Admission: Free Event (Includes QR code labeled "SCAN TO REGISTER")

Poster Design: Hazel B. | A Give Voice Event

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Phillip Meintzer @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

"But the provincial government’s latest scheme to reduce the 77,869 inactive wells across Alberta... has Popowich convinced that the deck is stacked against rural landowners and in favour of oil and gas interests." www.nationalobserver.com/2026/08/10/n... #ABLeg #CDNPoli @cuym-alberta.bsky.social

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Alberta has almost 78,000 inactive wells. Landowners say the cleanup plan is rigged

The Alberta government’s latest scheme to reduce the 77,869 inactive wells, which haven’t produced fossil fuels for at least six months, has some people convinced that the deck is stacked against rura...

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

4/5 Albertans are deeply concerned about the impact of AI data centres on their communities, and with good reason. Just like with oil & gas cleanup, Albertans are going to be left dealing with the mess unless we fight back. #abnews #abpoli #alberta #daniellesmith #markcarney

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Rural Albertans are suffering because of unpaid oil & gas taxes. This tax dodging has resulted in service cuts, program changes, and even raised property taxes for other landowners to make up the gap. Albertans deserve better. #abnews #abpoli #alberta #rural #daniellesmith

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

For folks in Warburg & surrounding areas - this is sure to be an exciting and informative discussion guided by a well-respected managing lawyer from Ecojustice. All are welcome, add it to your calendar now! #abnews #abpoli #warburg #OrphanWells #oilandgas #alberta

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Great news, would love to see similar in Alberta. We have enough industry messes here already, and we don't need to add data centres to the mix.

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

DID YOU KNOW⁉ The Government of Alberta is trying to pass legislation that could download tens of billions of dollars in industry cleanup costs onto Albertan taxpayers. Learn more at CleanUpYourMess.ca . . . #abnews #abpoli #alberta #daniellesmith #matureassetstrategy #calgary #edmonton #memes

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

We love to see a municipality standing up for themselves 👏 Way to go Red Deer, and we want to see more of this! #reddeer #alberta #abnews #abpoli #daniellesmith

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This proposal by Danielle Smith’s UCP government could download up to $60 billion dollars in oil & gas cleanup costs onto the public! Our public resources should be for the public good, not to float the industry. #abpoli #alberta #abnews #daniellesmith #oilandgas

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Phillip Meintzer @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

No CO2 Pipelines Alberta said: "This agreement was signed behind closed doors, without the consent of local landowners, rural residents, municipalities or Indigenous communities living within the project area." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli

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Oilsands emissions on track to outpace reductions from Pathways project: economist | CBC News

Increased oilsands production from a new pipeline to the West Coast would lead to an average of 20 megatonnes in new emissions per year, the Canadian Climate Institute projects.

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Thousands of new licenses are still being granted, meanwhile Albertans are still potentially on the hook for billions of cleanup costs? That math ain’t mathing! We can’t Smith's scheme to let industry of the hook move forward, take action today! #abpoli #alberta #abnews #cdnpoli #daniellesmith

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Mark Dorin @markdorin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Some knowledgeable Albertans on Alberta’s so-called Mature Asst Strategy. Unprofitable wells are no longer assets - they are liabilities that the licensee or the industry as a whole (via the orphan fund), not the public, is responsible for.

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

DID YOU KNOW?! The Government of Alberta is currently trying to ram through legislation (the Mature Asset Strategy) that could download oil & gas industry cleanup costs onto Albertan taxpayers? Learn more and take action: CleanUpYourMess.ca #abpoli #abnews #alberta #calgary #daniellesmith #UCP

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Clean Up Your Mess Alberta @cuym-alberta.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Many #Albertans already viewed the AER as an industry captured regulator that upholds the interests of oil execs over regular people. And now it seems like they're doubling down! Read the full article for free here: drillanddash.substack.com/p/albertas-e... #abnews #abpoli #daniellesmith #UCP

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