Jaymie Heilman
@jaymieh.bsky.social
Reader, writer, editor. YA author of Badass(ish). jaymieheilman.com
I write books about teens and adults with big hearts. I often write about climate and environmental subjects, and was a historian of Peru in my first career.
I write books about teens and adults with big hearts. I often write about climate and environmental subjects, and was a historian of Peru in my first career.
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Tomorrow, Sunday Dec. 14th, the Edmonton Raging Grannies are delighted to have been invited to perform - Earth's Refillery Coop, 10831 95 St, Edm. We expect to be there ~ 1 pm.
The petition to end funding of private schools will be available for signing, from 12 till 3 pm. Please sign ASAP. #YEG
The petition to end funding of private schools will be available for signing, from 12 till 3 pm. Please sign ASAP. #YEG
December 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Tomorrow, Sunday Dec. 14th, the Edmonton Raging Grannies are delighted to have been invited to perform - Earth's Refillery Coop, 10831 95 St, Edm. We expect to be there ~ 1 pm.
The petition to end funding of private schools will be available for signing, from 12 till 3 pm. Please sign ASAP. #YEG
The petition to end funding of private schools will be available for signing, from 12 till 3 pm. Please sign ASAP. #YEG
I was born in Alberta and I'm raising my kid here. What the province's government is doing to our environment, our democracy, our rights, our schools, and our healthcare is wrong. (Read J. Wesley's full post for great tips on speaking up and speaking out to change our province's direction)
#abpoli
#abpoli
2025 was the darkest for Alberta democracy.
Here are 10 things you can do this holiday season to help restore the light.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
Here are 10 things you can do this holiday season to help restore the light.
open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...
What Can We Do?
A Holiday Plan for Restoring Alberta’s Democracy
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I was born in Alberta and I'm raising my kid here. What the province's government is doing to our environment, our democracy, our rights, our schools, and our healthcare is wrong. (Read J. Wesley's full post for great tips on speaking up and speaking out to change our province's direction)
#abpoli
#abpoli
So much for the claim that Alberta needs oil&gas to fund social services! Some of these companies don't even pay the taxes they owe, and the government knows it. MAGA (Make Alberta Great Again) Energy: sounds like satire, but it's all too real. #abpoli thenarwhal.ca/alberta-ener...
Alberta Energy Regulator ignored its own rules, data suggests | The Narwhal
New evidence suggests the Alberta Energy Regulator ignored a ministerial order — and critics say that’s just the tip of the iceberg
thenarwhal.ca
December 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
So much for the claim that Alberta needs oil&gas to fund social services! Some of these companies don't even pay the taxes they owe, and the government knows it. MAGA (Make Alberta Great Again) Energy: sounds like satire, but it's all too real. #abpoli thenarwhal.ca/alberta-ener...
Send a free postcard to Premier Smith and your Alberta MLA, telling them to make polluters, rather than Alberta families, pay to clean up toxic gas wells across the province. Write your message and For Our Kids will print and deliver the postcards! postcards.cleanupyourmess.ca?utm_source=F...
#ableg
#ableg
December 12, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Send a free postcard to Premier Smith and your Alberta MLA, telling them to make polluters, rather than Alberta families, pay to clean up toxic gas wells across the province. Write your message and For Our Kids will print and deliver the postcards! postcards.cleanupyourmess.ca?utm_source=F...
#ableg
#ableg
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Alberta folks: this one is for you! Click here to send free postcards to Premier Smith and your MLA, telling them to make oil and gas polluters, rather than Alberta families, foot the bill for cleaning up toxic orphan wells across our province: postcards.cleanupyourmess.ca?utm_source=F...
#abpoli
#abpoli
December 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Alberta folks: this one is for you! Click here to send free postcards to Premier Smith and your MLA, telling them to make oil and gas polluters, rather than Alberta families, foot the bill for cleaning up toxic orphan wells across our province: postcards.cleanupyourmess.ca?utm_source=F...
#abpoli
#abpoli
"This is about oil&gas coming on my land, taking my land away from me. I can't use it." I have endless respect for Dwight and the long battles he's waged with negligent gas companies. The Alberta government is supposed to side with farmers like Dwight, not oil billionaires. #abpoli #cleanupyourmess
Dwight is a rural landowner in Two Hills, #Alberta.
12 years ago, he was forced to host a gas well on his land, on the condition that the industry fully close and clean it up when the well stopped producing.
That never happened.
Watch the full video 👉 ecojustice.ca/LandownerStories
#OrphanWells
12 years ago, he was forced to host a gas well on his land, on the condition that the industry fully close and clean it up when the well stopped producing.
That never happened.
Watch the full video 👉 ecojustice.ca/LandownerStories
#OrphanWells
December 9, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"This is about oil&gas coming on my land, taking my land away from me. I can't use it." I have endless respect for Dwight and the long battles he's waged with negligent gas companies. The Alberta government is supposed to side with farmers like Dwight, not oil billionaires. #abpoli #cleanupyourmess
"The Global South is much further ahead than rich Western nations in the energy transition, primarily because they need cheap energy and are much better positioned for it." Yet Canada clings to dangerous fossil fuels... #cdnpoli #climate
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
ANALYSIS | The rise of the electrostate: By dominating clean energy, China is leading on climate action | CBC News
China’s massive lead in clean technologies has shifted the climate fight from one of big pledges and international diplomacy toward a technological revolution in cheaper energy, analysts say.
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
"The Global South is much further ahead than rich Western nations in the energy transition, primarily because they need cheap energy and are much better positioned for it." Yet Canada clings to dangerous fossil fuels... #cdnpoli #climate
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
"My animals drink the water, my mother drinks the water. So I'm not a guy flying in from L.A. on a private jet. I am a sixth generation rural Albertan, and I'm just trying to get the water clean." #abpoli #ableg #coal
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Country singer Corb Lund gets OK to launch anti-coal petition drive in Alberta | CBC News
Alberta singer Corb Lund has been given the go-ahead to start collecting signatures for a petition to ask the province to pass a law banning new coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountain...
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
"My animals drink the water, my mother drinks the water. So I'm not a guy flying in from L.A. on a private jet. I am a sixth generation rural Albertan, and I'm just trying to get the water clean." #abpoli #ableg #coal
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Wise words from Tzeporah Berman. "Expanding pipelines while pointing to CCS [Carbon Capture and Storage] is like telling someone with lung cancer to smoke more but use filtered cigarettes."
#abpoli #cdnpoli #climate
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#abpoli #cdnpoli #climate
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Canada’s environmental ‘realism’ looks more like surrender | Tzeporah Berman
At a time when the UK and other countries are finally taking bold steps for climate, Canada is preparing a new oil pipeline
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Wise words from Tzeporah Berman. "Expanding pipelines while pointing to CCS [Carbon Capture and Storage] is like telling someone with lung cancer to smoke more but use filtered cigarettes."
#abpoli #cdnpoli #climate
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#abpoli #cdnpoli #climate
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Ottawa-Alberta MoU is a backslide on methane goals.
That delay adds 1.9M tonnes of methane, roughly half the annual pollution created by the cars on Canada’s roads.
Alberta is already behind on methane — and now it has permission to fall further behind➡️ buff.ly/qriG0i3
That delay adds 1.9M tonnes of methane, roughly half the annual pollution created by the cars on Canada’s roads.
Alberta is already behind on methane — and now it has permission to fall further behind➡️ buff.ly/qriG0i3
December 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I like Jared Wesley's advice for standing up and fighting government abuses. His whole thread is terrific. And if you're looking for a sign, the Alberta Beyond Coal campaign has them: albertabeyondcoal.ca/lawn-sign/
December 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I like Jared Wesley's advice for standing up and fighting government abuses. His whole thread is terrific. And if you're looking for a sign, the Alberta Beyond Coal campaign has them: albertabeyondcoal.ca/lawn-sign/
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and there goes another one. @cat-abreu.bsky.social also resigning from the Net-zero advisory body, explicitly citing last week's AB-Canada MOU
www.linkedin.com/posts/cather...
www.linkedin.com/posts/cather...
December 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
and there goes another one. @cat-abreu.bsky.social also resigning from the Net-zero advisory body, explicitly citing last week's AB-Canada MOU
www.linkedin.com/posts/cather...
www.linkedin.com/posts/cather...
"If you wouldn't want to live by that, please don't expect us to." Teresa, a brave Alberta farmer, shares the devastating health impacts of a leaking well on her farm. I hope AB politicians watch her powerful video. #abpoli #ableg www.youtube.com/watch?embeds... @nagwanyyc.bsky.social
Teresa’s Story: Albertan Farmer Speaks Out About Multi-Billion Dollar Well Cleanup Crisis
YouTube video by Ecojustice Canada
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December 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"If you wouldn't want to live by that, please don't expect us to." Teresa, a brave Alberta farmer, shares the devastating health impacts of a leaking well on her farm. I hope AB politicians watch her powerful video. #abpoli #ableg www.youtube.com/watch?embeds... @nagwanyyc.bsky.social
The UCP caucus says recall petitions, including one against Premier Danielle Smith, should not be used for policy disagreements #yyc www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Alberta recall campaign launched against Premier Danielle Smith
Premier Danielle Smith appears to be the latest United Conservative Party MLA facing a recall effort.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Super exciting to see Talk Treaty To Me, by my amazing friends Crystal Fraser and Sara Komarnisky, on the HarperCollins TBR list for 2026! #booksky #cdnpoli #nonfiction
December 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Super exciting to see Talk Treaty To Me, by my amazing friends Crystal Fraser and Sara Komarnisky, on the HarperCollins TBR list for 2026! #booksky #cdnpoli #nonfiction
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"With fossil fuel publicists touting decades of future demand, and those expectations baked into last week’s pipeline deal between Canada and Alberta, the global oil and gas industry already recognizes and is planning for its own decline, the Carbon Tracker think tank concludes in a recent review."
‘Say vs. Do Chasm’ Shows Fossil Industry Facing Rapid Decline, Crumbling Demand
With fossil fuel publicists touting decades of future demand, and those expectations baked into last week’s pipeline deal between Canada and Alberta, the global oil and gas industry already recognizes...
www.theenergymix.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"With fossil fuel publicists touting decades of future demand, and those expectations baked into last week’s pipeline deal between Canada and Alberta, the global oil and gas industry already recognizes and is planning for its own decline, the Carbon Tracker think tank concludes in a recent review."
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Oil and gas companies collectively owe hundreds of millions to Alberta citizens, municipalities and the provincial government, and making these companies pay up isn't easy. Why do they owe so much?
via @drewanderson.bsky.social @thenarwhal.ca @drewanderson.bsky.social
via @drewanderson.bsky.social @thenarwhal.ca @drewanderson.bsky.social
The unpaid bills of Alberta oil and gas companies, explained | The Narwhal
We break down the ways some Alberta oil and gas companies are shirking their bills, and what that means for Alberta municipalities and landowners
thenarwhal.ca
December 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Oil and gas companies collectively owe hundreds of millions to Alberta citizens, municipalities and the provincial government, and making these companies pay up isn't easy. Why do they owe so much?
via @drewanderson.bsky.social @thenarwhal.ca @drewanderson.bsky.social
via @drewanderson.bsky.social @thenarwhal.ca @drewanderson.bsky.social
Brilliant advice from Malinda Lo: "The reason I have managed to keep writing books and working within an often dysfunctional publishing industry is because my goal is to write books that are true to my creative voice. This goal is dependent only on myself, and it's a goal that I can achieve." #YA
December 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Brilliant advice from Malinda Lo: "The reason I have managed to keep writing books and working within an often dysfunctional publishing industry is because my goal is to write books that are true to my creative voice. This goal is dependent only on myself, and it's a goal that I can achieve." #YA
If you're looking for an amazing climate organization to support, For Our Kids does terrific and important work. It's a hard moment for those of us who care deeply about climate change and the world our kids will inherit, but I get a ton of comfort and inspiration from forourkids.ca #cdnpoli #abpoli
December 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
If you're looking for an amazing climate organization to support, For Our Kids does terrific and important work. It's a hard moment for those of us who care deeply about climate change and the world our kids will inherit, but I get a ton of comfort and inspiration from forourkids.ca #cdnpoli #abpoli
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For Our Kids Alberta signed this joint statement out of deep concern for the erosion of Indigenous Rights and environmental protections. To the oil and gas industry, we say: #CleanUpYourMess
🚨 JOINT STATEMENT: Canada and Alberta join forces to trample Indigenous Rights and weaken environmental protections in return for fossil fuel expansion, while ignoring cleanup problem responsibleenergyab.ca/joint-statem... @c4re-for-ab.bsky.social #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli
Joint Statement: Canada and Alberta join forces to trample Indigenous Rights and weaken environmental protections in return for fossil fuel expansion, while ignoring cleanup problem | Coalition For Re...
Download Statement PDF November 28, 2025 (Calgary, AB / Treaty 7 Territory) – Joint Statement from members of the Coalition for Responsible Energy (C4RE) regarding the Memorandum of Understanding betw...
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November 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
For Our Kids Alberta signed this joint statement out of deep concern for the erosion of Indigenous Rights and environmental protections. To the oil and gas industry, we say: #CleanUpYourMess
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November 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
November 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Great news for the world and humanity; not so great news for Canadian politicians who've gone all-in on fossil fuels (hurting Canadians in the process). #cdnpoli
Look out BC! China’s LNG demand drops for 13th month running. Last week, Pakistan cancelled a huge contract to purchase LNG from Qatar (even choosing to pay a penalty) because they no longer need/want it -- the solar revolution is quickly displacing demand for LNG.
financialpost.com/pmn/business...
financialpost.com/pmn/business...
China's LNG Imports Set to Drop for 13th Month, Kpler Data Show
Seaborne shipments of liquefied natural gas to China in November are set to drop for a 13th straight month on an annual basis, extending a slump in purchases as dom…
financialpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Great news for the world and humanity; not so great news for Canadian politicians who've gone all-in on fossil fuels (hurting Canadians in the process). #cdnpoli
The Alberta/Canada pipeline MOU shows "both governments are committed to serving the interests of oil and gas companies and their wealthy executives at the expense of all Canadians, Indigenous Peoples, and the air, land, and water we all depend on." Albertans and Canadians deserve BETTER! #abpoli
🚨 JOINT STATEMENT: Canada and Alberta join forces to trample Indigenous Rights and weaken environmental protections in return for fossil fuel expansion, while ignoring cleanup problem responsibleenergyab.ca/joint-statem... @c4re-for-ab.bsky.social #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli
Joint Statement: Canada and Alberta join forces to trample Indigenous Rights and weaken environmental protections in return for fossil fuel expansion, while ignoring cleanup problem | Coalition For Re...
Download Statement PDF November 28, 2025 (Calgary, AB / Treaty 7 Territory) – Joint Statement from members of the Coalition for Responsible Energy (C4RE) regarding the Memorandum of Understanding betw...
responsibleenergyab.ca
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The Alberta/Canada pipeline MOU shows "both governments are committed to serving the interests of oil and gas companies and their wealthy executives at the expense of all Canadians, Indigenous Peoples, and the air, land, and water we all depend on." Albertans and Canadians deserve BETTER! #abpoli
Albertans like me are often led to believe that oil & gas companies employ a HUGE number of workers in our province. Nope. Only 5% of the workforce. All while the world is rapidly transitioning to renewables. Renewable energy = good, lasting jobs. #abpoli
environmentaldefence.ca/report/new-f...
environmentaldefence.ca/report/new-f...
New Frontiers: - Environmental Defence
Alberta stands at a crossroads. For over fifty years, oil and gas have powered our economy, but global markets are shifting decisively toward renewable energy. This is both a potential crisis and an o...
environmentaldefence.ca
November 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Albertans like me are often led to believe that oil & gas companies employ a HUGE number of workers in our province. Nope. Only 5% of the workforce. All while the world is rapidly transitioning to renewables. Renewable energy = good, lasting jobs. #abpoli
environmentaldefence.ca/report/new-f...
environmentaldefence.ca/report/new-f...