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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My zone is flooded. The UCP "refused to pause the expansion of private surgeries despite being shown evidence they were neither saving money nor significantly reducing wait times." GAH! #abpoli #ableg @shoffmanab.bsky.social @naheednenshi.bsky.social
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Insiders Detail Ways Alberta’s For-Profit Surgery Push Is Failing | The Tyee
The shift strong-arms doctors but hasn’t saved money or shortened waits for critical operations, sources say. A Tyee investigation.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
My zone is flooded. The UCP "refused to pause the expansion of private surgeries despite being shown evidence they were neither saving money nor significantly reducing wait times." GAH! #abpoli #ableg @shoffmanab.bsky.social @naheednenshi.bsky.social
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In New Brunswick, rural communities are driving the #CleanEnergy transition — 48% of households heat their homes with heat pumps.
“The higher concentration of rural heat pump adoption goes against the conventional argument that clean technologies tend to be adopted within cities.”
“The higher concentration of rural heat pump adoption goes against the conventional argument that clean technologies tend to be adopted within cities.”
Latest data shows the rapid growth of heat pumps in Canada
Heat pumps continue their rise as primary heating systems in Canada, with almost half of New Brunswick homes now relying on them.
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November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In New Brunswick, rural communities are driving the #CleanEnergy transition — 48% of households heat their homes with heat pumps.
“The higher concentration of rural heat pump adoption goes against the conventional argument that clean technologies tend to be adopted within cities.”
“The higher concentration of rural heat pump adoption goes against the conventional argument that clean technologies tend to be adopted within cities.”
“Cutting methane is the single most important strategy to slow near-term warming....In fact, it’s the only strategy that has a chance of working. Cutting carbon dioxide is a marathon, but methane is a sprint.” #cdnpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Can methane cuts pull us back from the brink of climate breakdown?
With temperatures breaching the Paris limit, experts say tackling the powerful gas could buy crucial time as the clean-energy shift stalls
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November 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
“Cutting methane is the single most important strategy to slow near-term warming....In fact, it’s the only strategy that has a chance of working. Cutting carbon dioxide is a marathon, but methane is a sprint.” #cdnpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Oil & gas is the worst. They’re happy to be on the major project list while demanding the govt kill any regulations that require them to clean up the poison they spew, instead demanding taxpayers pay while giving their massive profits to shareholders & laying off Cdn workers.
Oil and gas producers applaud Ottawa's latest major projects list nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/14/o...
Oil and gas producers applaud Ottawa's latest major projects list
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Oil & gas is the worst. They’re happy to be on the major project list while demanding the govt kill any regulations that require them to clean up the poison they spew, instead demanding taxpayers pay while giving their massive profits to shareholders & laying off Cdn workers.
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Chatting oil and gas issues in Alberta on Real Talk with @ryanjespersen.bsky.social today — regulatory failings, unpaid taxes and leases, and more. A long one, but not nearly long enough to do it all justice. #ableg #cdnpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u2s...
“Big” Oil Betrays Landowners and Taxpayers
YouTube video by Real Talk Ryan Jespersen
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November 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Chatting oil and gas issues in Alberta on Real Talk with @ryanjespersen.bsky.social today — regulatory failings, unpaid taxes and leases, and more. A long one, but not nearly long enough to do it all justice. #ableg #cdnpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u2s...
A super-informative episode on the UCP's Mature Asset Strategy and how Alberta taxpayers will be on the hook for cleaning up oil and gas polluters' messes. #abpoli #ableg www.youtube.com/watch?reload...
“Big” Oil Betrays Landowners and Taxpayers
YouTube video by Real Talk Ryan Jespersen
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November 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A super-informative episode on the UCP's Mature Asset Strategy and how Alberta taxpayers will be on the hook for cleaning up oil and gas polluters' messes. #abpoli #ableg www.youtube.com/watch?reload...
"It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.” #climate #cdnpoli
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Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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November 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"It didn’t happen by accident. It’s the product of a deliberate and systematic assault on knowledge by some of the richest people on Earth. Preventing climate breakdown means protecting ourselves from the storm of lies.” #climate #cdnpoli
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I prescribe less fossil fuels burnt in our future m.youtube.com/watch?v=V9sU...
Doctor Prescription for #COP30
YouTube video by Global Climate and Health Alliance
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November 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I prescribe less fossil fuels burnt in our future m.youtube.com/watch?v=V9sU...
The UCP's "Mature Asset Strategy" will make Alberta taxpayers, rather than polluters, foot the $60,000,000,000 bill for cleaning up toxic orphan wells. Unacceptable! #ableg #abpoli @nagwanyyc.bsky.social @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The UCP's "Mature Asset Strategy" will make Alberta taxpayers, rather than polluters, foot the $60,000,000,000 bill for cleaning up toxic orphan wells. Unacceptable! #ableg #abpoli @nagwanyyc.bsky.social @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social
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“Canada has lost its measles elimination status, the Public Health Agency of Canada says”
Congratulations Alberta! We did it! Thanks Dani!
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Congratulations Alberta! We did it! Thanks Dani!
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Canada loses measles elimination status | CBC
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November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
“Canada has lost its measles elimination status, the Public Health Agency of Canada says”
Congratulations Alberta! We did it! Thanks Dani!
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Congratulations Alberta! We did it! Thanks Dani!
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Gosh: spend $400 MILLION to help SOLVE the problem by hiring more teachers or spend $400 MILLION to STUDY the problem while doing nothing to fix it. Wonder which one our UCP government will choose. . . Sigh. #abpoli #ableg www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta government committee has $400M over 3 years to resolve class size and complexity problems | CBC News
The Alberta government plans to use $400 million over the next three years — plus spending already earmarked in its existing budget documents — to pay for more teachers, educational assistants and bet...
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November 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Gosh: spend $400 MILLION to help SOLVE the problem by hiring more teachers or spend $400 MILLION to STUDY the problem while doing nothing to fix it. Wonder which one our UCP government will choose. . . Sigh. #abpoli #ableg www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
“We're tired of being the guinea pigs of Canada,” said Billy-Joe Tuccaro, chief of the Mikisew Cree First Nation... “If the water isn't able to be treated and reused in the mines and for development, why is it good enough for us to drink?” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n... #abpoli #ableg
Alberta chiefs say oilsands causing cancer surge, call for halt to tailings plan
Indigenous leaders in Alberta say unchecked oilsands development is devastating their land and could be linked to rising cancer rates in their communities.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
“We're tired of being the guinea pigs of Canada,” said Billy-Joe Tuccaro, chief of the Mikisew Cree First Nation... “If the water isn't able to be treated and reused in the mines and for development, why is it good enough for us to drink?” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n... #abpoli #ableg
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If you’re media covering bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.
And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.
And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
If you’re media covering bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.
And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.
If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.
And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
This is scary stuff. Thanks to the UCP's Bill 2, it's illegal for the head of the Alberta Teachers Association to speak publicly about the strike. #1984 #ableg #abpoli @amandachapman.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This is scary stuff. Thanks to the UCP's Bill 2, it's illegal for the head of the Alberta Teachers Association to speak publicly about the strike. #1984 #ableg #abpoli @amandachapman.bsky.social
An oil&gas company called MAGA (Make Alberta Great Again) isn't paying its bills to landowners?! And those landowners aren't even allowed to refuse wells on their properties? Seems like satire, but it's all too real.
#ableg #abpoli @nagwanyyc.bsky.social
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#ableg #abpoli @nagwanyyc.bsky.social
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Rural Albertans face growing problems with oil and gas wells | The Narwhal
The Alberta government is pushing a new plan to deal with years of regulatory failure. Alberta landowners aren’t convinced
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November 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
An oil&gas company called MAGA (Make Alberta Great Again) isn't paying its bills to landowners?! And those landowners aren't even allowed to refuse wells on their properties? Seems like satire, but it's all too real.
#ableg #abpoli @nagwanyyc.bsky.social
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#ableg #abpoli @nagwanyyc.bsky.social
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ℹ️ ICYMI: We are in court today with @albertawilderness.bsky.social. This is the first step in a legal challenge to the unprecedented and unilateral decision made by the AER’s CEO to cancel a public hearing for Summit’s Mine 14 coal mine. 🔗 Tune in at 9:30 AM: cpawsnab.org/all-news/adv...
November 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
ℹ️ ICYMI: We are in court today with @albertawilderness.bsky.social. This is the first step in a legal challenge to the unprecedented and unilateral decision made by the AER’s CEO to cancel a public hearing for Summit’s Mine 14 coal mine. 🔗 Tune in at 9:30 AM: cpawsnab.org/all-news/adv...
Cutting methane will make us healthier, create more than 34,000 jobs, and start healing our climate. Canadians need @mark-carney.bsky.social and Tim Hodgson to pass STRONG methane regulations now. Take action at: www.forourkids.ca/support_stro... @heathermcpherson.bsky.social #cdnpoli #methane
November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Cutting methane will make us healthier, create more than 34,000 jobs, and start healing our climate. Canadians need @mark-carney.bsky.social and Tim Hodgson to pass STRONG methane regulations now. Take action at: www.forourkids.ca/support_stro... @heathermcpherson.bsky.social #cdnpoli #methane
So heartened ♥️♥️♥️ to hear that almost 200 people gathered in Calgary last night to take action against the Alberta government's plans to allow coal mining in the Rockies and have taxpayers, rather than polluters, pay to clean up toxic wells. #ableg #abpoli @nagwanyyc.bsky.social
Nearly 200(!!!) Albertans gathered at a town hall Wednesday in Calgary demanding changes from the provincial government including calling to scrap two controversial plans including one that could reopen parts of the Rockies to coal mining. calgary.citynews.ca/video/2025/1... #ABLeg #ABPoli
Albertans gather in Calgary for 'Crisis Town Hall' challenging provincial government
Albertans gathered at a town hall Wednesday in Calgary demanding changes from the provincial government including calling to scrap two controversial plans including one that could reopen parts of the ...
calgary.citynews.ca
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
So heartened ♥️♥️♥️ to hear that almost 200 people gathered in Calgary last night to take action against the Alberta government's plans to allow coal mining in the Rockies and have taxpayers, rather than polluters, pay to clean up toxic wells. #ableg #abpoli @nagwanyyc.bsky.social
This matters! "the old link between high oil prices, ramped up production levels, and oil and gas job creation in Alberta has broken down. In other words, even when the price comes back, production goes up but the jobs have not." #cdnpoli #abpoli @nagwanyyc.bsky.social @heathermcpherson.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This matters! "the old link between high oil prices, ramped up production levels, and oil and gas job creation in Alberta has broken down. In other words, even when the price comes back, production goes up but the jobs have not." #cdnpoli #abpoli @nagwanyyc.bsky.social @heathermcpherson.bsky.social
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From our friends at Change Course:
We need real climate protection and actions that support Indigenous self-determination, not more government-sponsored and bank-funded resource extraction. Tell Carney and the Big 5 Banks to stop their dirty financing!
actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
We need real climate protection and actions that support Indigenous self-determination, not more government-sponsored and bank-funded resource extraction. Tell Carney and the Big 5 Banks to stop their dirty financing!
actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
November 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
From our friends at Change Course:
We need real climate protection and actions that support Indigenous self-determination, not more government-sponsored and bank-funded resource extraction. Tell Carney and the Big 5 Banks to stop their dirty financing!
actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
We need real climate protection and actions that support Indigenous self-determination, not more government-sponsored and bank-funded resource extraction. Tell Carney and the Big 5 Banks to stop their dirty financing!
actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...
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In Alberta, landowners can’t deny oil and gas wells on their properties, but they’re entitled to compensation. Some companies fail to pay those bills — and rural Albertans are tired of waiting. They're also tired of that repayment, eventually, coming from taxpayers. thenarwhal.ca/alberta-land...
Rural Albertans face growing problems with oil and gas wells | The Narwhal
The Alberta government is pushing a new plan to deal with years of regulatory failure. Alberta landowners aren’t convinced
thenarwhal.ca
November 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
In Alberta, landowners can’t deny oil and gas wells on their properties, but they’re entitled to compensation. Some companies fail to pay those bills — and rural Albertans are tired of waiting. They're also tired of that repayment, eventually, coming from taxpayers. thenarwhal.ca/alberta-land...
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BREAKING: Ottawa’s budget falls short of climate change and toxics pollution reality, putting people’s health at risk
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@robb-barnes.bsky.social @janeemcarthur.bsky.social
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Ottawa’s budget falls short of climate change and toxics pollution reality, putting people’s health at risk - CAPE
At a time when climate impacts are accelerating, devastating health, the healthcare system and livelihoods of people across Canada, Budget 2025 acknowledges these impacts but under-invests in real sol...
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November 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
BREAKING: Ottawa’s budget falls short of climate change and toxics pollution reality, putting people’s health at risk
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At the end of the day I'm not sure how much difference it makes. But it is striking to put out a budget that axes a luxury tax on yachts and adds a co-pay for refugee claimants accessing drugs and dental care.
November 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
At the end of the day I'm not sure how much difference it makes. But it is striking to put out a budget that axes a luxury tax on yachts and adds a co-pay for refugee claimants accessing drugs and dental care.
Bill Heidecker, president of the Alberta Surface Rights Federation, called the strategy a “Christmas wish list” for industry.... “The predetermined outcome was that the industry needed more leniency. That is extremely disturbing to landowners.” albertaviews.ca/dirty-cleanu...
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Mature Asset Strategy - the Latest Dirty Cleanup Scheme - Alberta Views
The Mature Asset Strategy is a report on the thousands of wells and pipelines that dot Alberta years after the oil and profits are gone.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Bill Heidecker, president of the Alberta Surface Rights Federation, called the strategy a “Christmas wish list” for industry.... “The predetermined outcome was that the industry needed more leniency. That is extremely disturbing to landowners.” albertaviews.ca/dirty-cleanu...
#abpoli #ableg
#abpoli #ableg