Council of Canadians Edmonton Chapter

https://www.facebook.com/CofCPrairiesNWT/videos/131802405477022/

Next Wednesday, Feb. 10, 7 p.m. on zoom. To register, go to "Find Tickets" on lower, right hand side of the event post linked below. Join our 4 well informed panelists as we Say No To Coal! https://www.facebook.com/events/3902983719724205

https://globalnews.ca//mining-companies-coal-policy-remov/

Same applies to the mountaintop-removal metallurgic coal mining project called Grassy Mountain... Keep It In the Ground!

Thanks to our friends at the Red Deer Chapter of the Council of Canadians fort hosting a critical (zoom) discussion on the long term and now threatened environmental sustainability of our Rocky Mountains. https://www.facebook.com/events/353511025932531/

ORPHAN WELLS - a big-time Alberta problem. Here's a 9.33 min. interview with a New York reporter: https://www.cbc.ca//15807570-thousands-oandg-wells-left-in

Over 15,000 "Defend Our Parks" lawn signs distributed to Albertans, a massive letter writing campaign and significant efforts from the Edmonton Chapter's "Defend Our Parks" Working Group have caused the UCP gov't to blink. This appears to be a victory but we remain vigilant. Albertans love their parks and want to keep them publicly owned and operated with an emphasis on ecological integrity and public access.

Posted by Robert Wilde, Edmonton Chapter: Please read and write a letter to the federal Minister of Fisheries: https://canadians.org//department-fisheries-and-oceans-tak

Neonicotinoids, arguably "Bee Killer" pesticides and arguably responsible for the near catastrophic decline of insect populations in the last 20-30 years: The Pesticide Working Group of the Edmonton Chapter of the Council of Canadians has prepared a Neonicotinoid Timeline from an Edmonton, Alberta, Canada perspecitive. This is published according to the terms of the Creative Commons and is available to anyone else to build upon and expand with attribution. https://edmontoncouncilofcanadians.ca//neonicotinoids-tim/