Phillip Meintzer
@phillipmeintzer.bsky.social
Settler on Treaty 7 Land
Trying to build a future that's worth living. 🌿
https://phillipmeintzer.medium.com/
Trying to build a future that's worth living. 🌿
https://phillipmeintzer.medium.com/
Feeling tired & so so (SO!!!) inspired by the 185 Albertans who showed up last night to reject the Alberta govt's plans to reopen coal mining in the Rockies and push oil & gas cleanup costs onto taxpayers (while saying they don't have $$$ for teachers). Change starts with us! ✊ #ABLeg #ABPoli #YYC
November 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🚨 THIS WEDNESDAY IN CALGARY 🚨 Join us to learn how people like you are fighting back against coal mining in the Rockies and a plan to use taxpayer money to let oil & gas companies walk away from their cleanup obligations. RSVP here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/calgary-to... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli
November 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
🚨 THIS WEDNESDAY IN CALGARY 🚨 Join us to learn how people like you are fighting back against coal mining in the Rockies and a plan to use taxpayer money to let oil & gas companies walk away from their cleanup obligations. RSVP here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/calgary-to... #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli
Down @ city hall for the Calgary student walkout & I'm SO impressed by the energy and rage of these high-schoolers!!! Many kids agreed that it's infuriating that the AB govt won't pay teachers more, yet they want to use OUR tax dollars to let O&G companies walk away from cleanup! #ABLeg #YYC #ABPoli
October 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Down @ city hall for the Calgary student walkout & I'm SO impressed by the energy and rage of these high-schoolers!!! Many kids agreed that it's infuriating that the AB govt won't pay teachers more, yet they want to use OUR tax dollars to let O&G companies walk away from cleanup! #ABLeg #YYC #ABPoli
No money for teachers? That's because energy executives keep getting their wish. Join us on Nov. 5 in Calgary to learn how Albertans are fighting coal mining in the Rockies and another govt handout to oil and gas companies. Info & RSVP here: www.cleanupyourmess.ca/nov5-calgary... #ABLeg #ABPoli
October 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
No money for teachers? That's because energy executives keep getting their wish. Join us on Nov. 5 in Calgary to learn how Albertans are fighting coal mining in the Rockies and another govt handout to oil and gas companies. Info & RSVP here: www.cleanupyourmess.ca/nov5-calgary... #ABLeg #ABPoli
These are 3 of the 300,000+ unreclaimed oil & gas wells in AB. Cleanup is estimated to cost as much as $130 BILLION, and our provincial govt wants to push those costs onto taxpayers instead of making companies pay. Learn more about this plan & how to stop it at CleanUpYourMess.ca #ABLeg #ABPoli
October 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
These are 3 of the 300,000+ unreclaimed oil & gas wells in AB. Cleanup is estimated to cost as much as $130 BILLION, and our provincial govt wants to push those costs onto taxpayers instead of making companies pay. Learn more about this plan & how to stop it at CleanUpYourMess.ca #ABLeg #ABPoli
🚨 LIVE now: "MAS is a strategy for industry, not for landowners and Albertans." - Bill Heidecker, president of the AB surface rights federation, speaking to the Warburg-Pembina surface rights group about the government of Alberta's "Mature Asset Strategy" (MAS). [1/n] #ABLeg #ABPoli
October 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
🚨 Premier Smith's mandate letter to Energy Minister Brian Jean directs him to push thru the Mature Asset Strategy (MAS) despite growing opposition. MAS risks weakening cleanup standards, and shifting BILLIONS of industry's cleanup costs onto taxpayers. open.alberta.ca/dataset/b076... #ABLeg #ABPoli
October 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🚨 Premier Smith's mandate letter to Energy Minister Brian Jean directs him to push thru the Mature Asset Strategy (MAS) despite growing opposition. MAS risks weakening cleanup standards, and shifting BILLIONS of industry's cleanup costs onto taxpayers. open.alberta.ca/dataset/b076... #ABLeg #ABPoli
⏰ TOMORROW NIGHT: Don't let oil & gas companies stick Albertans with their cleanup bill! Oct 2 | 7PM MT | Free Virtual Town Hall
486 people have already registered!
Secure your spot here: www.cleanupyourmess.ca/oct2-townhall
#ABLeg #ABPoli #YYC #YEG #CleanUpYourMess
486 people have already registered!
Secure your spot here: www.cleanupyourmess.ca/oct2-townhall
#ABLeg #ABPoli #YYC #YEG #CleanUpYourMess
October 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
⏰ TOMORROW NIGHT: Don't let oil & gas companies stick Albertans with their cleanup bill! Oct 2 | 7PM MT | Free Virtual Town Hall
486 people have already registered!
Secure your spot here: www.cleanupyourmess.ca/oct2-townhall
#ABLeg #ABPoli #YYC #YEG #CleanUpYourMess
486 people have already registered!
Secure your spot here: www.cleanupyourmess.ca/oct2-townhall
#ABLeg #ABPoli #YYC #YEG #CleanUpYourMess
If you want to learn more about this in greater detail, read @nolore.bsky.social's two most recent books in her "Canada in Decline" series. Link: www.dundurn.com/books_/t2211...
September 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If you want to learn more about this in greater detail, read @nolore.bsky.social's two most recent books in her "Canada in Decline" series. Link: www.dundurn.com/books_/t2211...
Still reflecting on my time @ ACFN's Decolonizing Land & Water Summit last week. I learned SO much. But my biggest takeaway is how grateful I am for the people in my life who want to make real change happen. Decolonization isn't just some concept to support in theory, we have to make it a reality.
September 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Still reflecting on my time @ ACFN's Decolonizing Land & Water Summit last week. I learned SO much. But my biggest takeaway is how grateful I am for the people in my life who want to make real change happen. Decolonization isn't just some concept to support in theory, we have to make it a reality.
"To write about the ways that fossil capital works to preserve itself at global scale without working on how to foment revolution... might, ironically... end up upholding the status quo. And there is no time for that anymore." lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-... @doctorvive.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"To write about the ways that fossil capital works to preserve itself at global scale without working on how to foment revolution... might, ironically... end up upholding the status quo. And there is no time for that anymore." lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-... @doctorvive.bsky.social
Clean up your MAS is a campaign to stop the Alberta government from making taxpayers pay for oil and gas cleanup costs. Do you think the government of Alberta should scrap the Mature Asset Strategy and ensure oil and gas companies pay for cleanup? actionnetwork.org/forms/clean-... #ABLeg #ABPoli
September 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Clean up your MAS is a campaign to stop the Alberta government from making taxpayers pay for oil and gas cleanup costs. Do you think the government of Alberta should scrap the Mature Asset Strategy and ensure oil and gas companies pay for cleanup? actionnetwork.org/forms/clean-... #ABLeg #ABPoli
Happy new (to me) book day! :)
September 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Happy new (to me) book day! :)
Grateful for a brief mid-week escape to the mountains with my brother over the past 2 days.
August 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Grateful for a brief mid-week escape to the mountains with my brother over the past 2 days.
Last week, Rob Morgan, CEO of the Alberta Energy Regulator, unilaterally stepped in to cancel an already scheduled hearing. This is an anti-democratic abuse of process by the CEO of a regulator which is *supposed* to act in the public interest. static.aer.ca/prd/document... #ABLeg #ABPoli
August 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Last week, Rob Morgan, CEO of the Alberta Energy Regulator, unilaterally stepped in to cancel an already scheduled hearing. This is an anti-democratic abuse of process by the CEO of a regulator which is *supposed* to act in the public interest. static.aer.ca/prd/document... #ABLeg #ABPoli
Learning through organizing is beautiful. 🥹
August 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Learning through organizing is beautiful. 🥹
10 years (a whole DECADE!) since my 1st trip to Fogo Island and the 1st field-season of my MSc. This was a foundational experience for who I have become today, and I'll be forever grateful for the mentorship I received from my supervisor @brettfavaro.bsky.social & all the fishermen I worked with.
August 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
10 years (a whole DECADE!) since my 1st trip to Fogo Island and the 1st field-season of my MSc. This was a foundational experience for who I have become today, and I'll be forever grateful for the mentorship I received from my supervisor @brettfavaro.bsky.social & all the fishermen I worked with.
Preach. "Leftwing debate is never only about theory. It must be about theory and practice. It’s about how well we can apply the theory that we have learned through studying leftwing philosophies to the things that we try to achieve..." noraloreto.substack.com/p/anonymity-... @nolore.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Preach. "Leftwing debate is never only about theory. It must be about theory and practice. It’s about how well we can apply the theory that we have learned through studying leftwing philosophies to the things that we try to achieve..." noraloreto.substack.com/p/anonymity-... @nolore.bsky.social
What's worse is that the Alberta govt is treating non-payment by delinquent companies as a given and including payment on their behalf in our provincial budget. The 2025-28 fiscal plan includes "$25 million per year for surface rights compensation payments previously not included in budgets" #ABLeg
July 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
What's worse is that the Alberta govt is treating non-payment by delinquent companies as a given and including payment on their behalf in our provincial budget. The 2025-28 fiscal plan includes "$25 million per year for surface rights compensation payments previously not included in budgets" #ABLeg