Teresa is a mom near Vermillion. She's been struggling for years with unexplained health issues in her children, her animals and herself. Watch her story and send Premier Smith a postcard about leaking gas wells (link in comments) youtube.com/watch?v=jRdTOexdBog&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
NEW Op-Ed: In this week’s Hill Times briefing, catch Dr. Mili Roy’s piece from COP. Canada is falling behind on its Paris goals as climate and health harms rise. While the world shifts to renewables, doubling down on fossil fuels is costly and dangerous. Read more: https://loom.ly/FQseOfs
“Climate change has infiltrated my medical practice”
@albertadoctors.bsky.social @albertanurses.bsky.social @naheednenshi.bsky.social @drluannemetz.bsky.social @shoffmanab.bsky.social @dshepyeg.bsky.social @abdanielsmith.bsky.social #health #medicalpractice #doctors #nurses
Join us to support BOLD action on methane #pollution
@calgaryclimatehub.ca @jennyyeremiy.bsky.social @cape-ab.bsky.social @cape-bc.bsky.social @cape-acme.bsky.social @cane-aciie.bsky.social @scanedmonton.bsky.social @robb-barnes.bsky.social @jvipondmd.bsky.social @juliasawatzky.bsky.social
Climate disruption is displacing families, threatening food & water security & driving up insurance rates. The economic cost of inaction is mounting – while the window to prevent runaway climate chaos is closing.
We must act now to protect our health, the economy & our children’s future.
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Tylene Appel asked Pierre Poilievre about the riding’s $1.5 billion well cleanup problem. He dodged the question. therockies.life/letter-aband...
As Canada prepares to host the G7 summit, Prime Minister Carney has an opportunity and responsibility to lead boldly on climate justice, economic transformation, and international solidarity. Let’s make sure he rises to the challenge. Sign the petition: 350.org/canada/fairs...
Three doctors and the Canadian Medical Association have launched legal action pushing back against political interference in the medical care of transgender youth in Alberta. More on this important litigation via @alannasmith.bsky.social here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
#ableg
Mitigating methane emissions is low hanging fruit for our new Federal government, and crucial for our health — “our children, and our children’s children, are counting on it.” www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
"According to the International Energy Agency, two thirds of global energy investment went towards clean energy in 2024. Alberta could, and should, be a leader in this sector."
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/edit...
“The study… found the legacy of open-pit mining “can persist long after mining operations end,” resulting in devastating losses for fish containing some of the highest levels for selenium ever recorded in the province.”
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Oil and gas industry seems to run the Alberta Energy Regulator... www.desmog.com/2025/02/11/a...
“Any kind of changemaking you’ll do will be a little bit lonely.” Thank you @courtghoward.bsky.social for bringing Planetary Health so powerfully & beautifully to #ICEM2025 and making me and many others feel hopeful, motivated, and very much less alone.
This must stop! We need a full arms embargo and sanctions now, so this killing with impunity ends.
Our new Canadian govt and PM need to speak up!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
It appears Canadian fossil fuel companies have dropped the pretence that they care about climate action.
The federal gov't should proceed with eyes wide open. Industry wants rollbacks + handouts, not solutions to the climate crisis.
@cape-acme.bsky.social
www.theenergymix.com/fossil-fuel-...
We need teams of "Streeters" to get out this week to key locations in each ward around the city to help gather more signatures/letters. We hope to recruit another 1000 letters this weekend from all corners of the city. Canvass Materials will be provided!
docs.google.com/forms/d/1hPx...
“It’s never been this bad before.”
That’s what one patient told Dr. @juliasawatzky.bsky.social during an asthma attack.
In Alberta’s oilsands region, ER visits for asthma are double the provincial average—and the air we breathe is part of the story. #WorldAsthmaDay 1/
Albertans deserve accurate monitoring of industrial air pollution and rigorous investigation of environmental health risks 🍃 My latest Op-Ed: cape.ca/fighting-for...
It's time for provincial ministries of education to step up and fund public quality climate #education, while protecting teachers and students from oil and gas influence.
Send a letter to your Minister of Ed today #abed #bced #sasked www.forourkids.ca/parent_minis...
Where is Public Health?
Last week, I was writing about #measles spreading in Ontario and Alberta and the invisibility of public health officials there. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
CBC News has more on the topic today, including this observation. www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Each card is pre-addressed to a 🇨🇦 policymaker, urging them to hold the fossil fuels industry accountable before wildfires do even more damage to the landscapes that define this country.
Because we shouldn’t have to say goodbye to the places that make Canada, Canada.
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“The real crisis facing Canadians isn’t only energy—it’s the rising toll of climate change and pollution on our health,” said Dr. @juliasawatzky.bsky.social , emergency medicine resident physician and Co-Chair of @cape-ab.bsky.social cape.ca/health-profe... #cdnpoli #elbowsup @cape-acme.bsky.social
Oil & gas executives are manufacturing an “energy crisis” to justify gutting climate regulations and expanding fossil fuel projects. CAPE Alberta physicians are calling out the misinformation and demanding better from our leaders. Read the open letter. @juliasawatzky.bsky.social
This is not about bike lanes, this is about distracting Albertans from the Corruptcare scandal. Stay focused. Call a public inquiry. Reach out to me and let’s talk about what we can do together.
#ableg
"Environmental regulations, current and future,
provide essential healthcare savings and could go a long way toward addressing healthcare shortages." Our crises are connected -- and so are their solutions! Incredible report out today from @cape-acme.bsky.social @robb-barnes.bsky.social 🌎
🚨New CAPE report, “Healthy, Wealthy & Wise,” examines the health benefits of four environmental regulations passed by the federal government over the past 13 years.
Environmental issues are health issues, and have a massive economic impact. ⬇️ Download the full report at the link: loom.ly/Y4FwHK4
I know there’s a flood of terrible news—US democracy unraveling, global trade in chaos—but amid it all, the planet is still burning. Ocean heatwaves last 3x longer, & Canada’s still pushing new pipelines & LNG export terminals. This is climate arson, and they’re getting away with it. Don't let them!
Calling all Edmontonians!
@cape-acme.bsky.social is hosting a screening of Plastic People, a documentary on plastic pollution health risks.
This movie is eye-opening; would highly recommend.
@juliasawatzky.bsky.social @jvipondmd.bsky.social @rjcsmith.bsky.social
act.cape.ca/plasticsheal...
“It’s not hard to imagine how severely humans..can be harmed by the same toxic water & air pollutants that kill these birds. Clean air & water are foundational determinants of our health..Albertans need to demand an energy regulator that values public health..." -CAPE Dr. @juliasawatzky.bsky.social
A message from CAPE doctor Sharon Dodd during the last hours of #INC5: “Canada, sign a treaty that is fair, that caps production, that restricts chemicals that are harmful to humans, and be just to those communities that have suffered far too long from the harmful effects of chemicals in plastics.”
