Note: I originally wrote this essay in November 2023 after finishing The Destruction of Reason, to help myself better understand what I…

Alberta’s regulator exempted Suncor’s tailings release from environmental review. Fort Chipewyan’s three Nations are fighting back.

New research by Greenpeace Canada lays out a web of pro-oil and gas groups working together to influence public opinion on climate change

Alberta landowners & allies fighting for an industry cleanup of oil and gas wells.

Taxpayers covered lease payments for hundreds of oil and gas companies in 2025.

Ahead of Oct. 19 referendum, premier says she believes Alberta is finally in a strong position in confederation

What is the rise of AI capital, and what does it mean for contemporary work, culture, and the ecological state of our planet? John Bellamy Foster dispels the myth of... READ MORE

Podcast Episode · Sandy and Nora talk politics · October 7 · 44m

The Clean up your Mess campaign website relaunches with a focus on how landowners, taxpayers and municipal leaders can get involved and join the campaign

Alberta landowners & allies fighting for an industry cleanup of oil and gas wells.

Not one taxpayer dollar should be used to pay for a profitable industry's unpaid bills and cleanup costs.

A Star analysis reveals U.S. firms dominated federal contracts despite PM Mark Carney’s ‘Buy Canadian’ promise.

International case studies of systemic failure in how oil and gas decommissioning liabilities are allocated and enforced. They evidence the need for robust financial assurance frameworks that ensure o...

DND has signed new contracts worth a total of $67.7 million with Microsoft, Amazon, Google and their Canadian subsidiaries.

Taxpayers covered lease payments for hundreds of oil and gas companies in 2025

Seniors for Climate Action Now! is calling on the Carney government to reject the proposed West Coast oil pipeline, arguing the project has no credible economic, moral, reconciliation, or climate case...

Albertans, like other fellow Canadians, can have the perception that political leaders are disconnected from ordinary people – that democracy is not as effective as promised.

With only two months until a $20B CCS proposal pushed by the oil industry is finalized, local communities say they haven’t been consulted.

First, I wholeheartedly agree that we shouldn’t have coal mining on the eastern slopes. That’s a no brainer. It makes no sense whatsoever…

Note: This article was written by me (Phillip Meintzer) and first published on September 28, 2023, in the Fall 2023 Issue of the Wild Lands…