Albertans are calling for alternatives to dependence on fossil fuel exports. They value clean water, biodiversity, beautiful landscapes, agriculture. They want secure, meaningful livelihoods for themselves and for future generations.1/n #abpoli #ableg
Albertans are looking for alternatives to an extractive economy that necessitates environmental destruction. There are alternatives. What we lack is political leadership to make these alternatives front and centre in public discourse . . . 2/n
#WaterNotCoal #GreenRecovery
#WaterNotCoal #GreenRecovery
to organize citizen engagement in democratic planning, and to direct investment in the right directions. We need govts to step up, work with civil society to create a planned transition that leaves no one behind. The alternative is market-driven chaos. 3/n
Farmers, ranchers, laid-off oil and gas workers, service sector workers, young people making education decisions . . . we all seek better alternatives for our future than coal mines and rusting oil and gas infrastructure. 4/n
Listen to what these rural leaders are saying.
https://www.westerninvestor.com/news/alberta/rural-alberta-calls-for-national-action-on-energy-strategy-1.24275255
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https://www.westerninvestor.com/news/alberta/rural-alberta-calls-for-national-action-on-energy-strategy-1.24275255
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Listen to what the #MountainsNotMines and #SaveOurMountains movement and @Indigenous_ca and #IdleNoMore are saying. 6/n
Where is the political leadership for green transition planning for Alberta?? This is the moment to lead with conviction, not to micro-manage electoral niches. 7/n @RachelNotley @GreenPartyAB @abndpcaucus @JustinTrudeau @JonathanWNV @theJagmeetSingh @CanadianGreens