Nina Staum

Honey, wake up, new potential Alberta referendum on ending private school funding just dropped.

brb legally changing my name to Jason Undecided and preparing my 2029 mayoral campaign. will be a shoo-in

I feel like this is going to become a cautionary tale about why we can't have nice things....

If green energy were in fact a con job, what in fact would be the motive for that con? Please find me the shadowy Big Solar figures pulling the strings of governments around the world. I'm waiting.

Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars The Trump administration canceled grants for street safety measures, pedestrian trails and bike lanes in communities around the country this month, each time offering a simple rationale for yanking ba...

Despite rhetoric that associates non-car infrastructure development with liberal politics, “at the local level, there really isn’t that divide,” Mills said in an interview. Florida, he noted, is a red state with “extremely strong” plans to grow its network of mixed-use trails for bikes & pedestrians

Calgary’s climate emergency declaration remains after attempt to rescind defeated - Calgary | Globalnews.ca The defeated motion called for Calgary's climate declaration to be rescinded and for administration to conduct a comprehensive audit of all city climate-related spending.

"Administration told council Tuesday that there has been $200 million in climate-related spending, but the declaration has allowed the city to be more competitive for grant funding and leverage $287 million since 2021."

globalnews.ca/news/1143053...

It's so frustrating to see so many #yyc mayor and council candidates pledging to rescind the climate emergency and blanket rezoning. Didn't both of those policies qualify Calgary to receive a lot of funding? Why is nobody talking about the financial upside?

Childhood memory unlocked.

Your daily reminder that climate change is not your fault and is the result of the willful negligence of fossil fuel companies and their outright bribes to governments.

This seems bad. #cdnpoli

New podcast episode today! Thanks to @bikecalgary.bsky.social and @bigclimate.bsky.social for the great interview! #yyc #abpoli #climate

For anyone in #yyc looking to get informed, might I recommend @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social's page? www.sprawlcalgary.com/stories/calg... #abpoli

“Questioning the science" describes exactly what experts do every single day in the scientific literature.

It’s not done in a social media thread among random conspiracy promoters who've never seen a lab.

My takeaway: no excuse to go over one page unless asked for a CV. I also like that awards and festival selections are listed next to projects instead of separately.
I wouldn't list hobbies but volunteering and community work absolutely belong on a resume, and your own projects if you're a filmmaker.

New gov’t, same old Big Oil lobby: April–June 2025 Lobbying Update - Environmental Defence Canada has a new Prime Minister, but the same old fossil fuel industry players are still frequenting the halls of parliament. Lobbyists for Enbridge Inc.,

A new update from @environmentaldefence.ca reveals that Big Oil held 159 lobbying meetings with the new Carney gov't in its first three months. That's 355 so far this year, nearly three every workday, often with top decision-makers.

Canada deserves a gov't that serves Canadians, not oil lobbyists.

The Handmaid's Tale among more than 200 books to be pulled at Edmonton public schools | CBC News A list confirmed by CBC News shows titles like The Handmaid's Tale and Brave New World are among books to be pulled. The development comes after a policy from Alberta's education minister outlines new...

New reading list. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#bannedbooks #abpoli

Nothing says "Handmaid's Tale" like banning Handmaid's Tale

Outrage as Plug Pulled on Coal Mine Public Hearing | The Tyee The CEO of Alberta’s energy regulator pleased a foreign mining firm with an unprecedented order.

In an unprecedented move, Rob Morgan, the CEO of the Alberta Energy Regulator, has bowed to intense bullying from an Australian-based coal company and cancelled a planned public hearing on a large underground project near the town of Grande Cache.

Take action: shorturl.at/PhopK

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"Concerns raised by environmental groups weren’t relevant, added the company, because these groups didn’t live in the area and therefore were not “directly affected.”
. . . studies show that toxic pollutants from coal mining can travel 100 kilometres downwind and 500 kilometres downstream. " #abpoli

Former Alberta deputy premier takes pro-Canada petition to the streets | CBC News Former Alberta politician Thomas Lukaszuk is a man on a not-so-lonely mission to keep Canada from splitting.

“Former Alberta deputy premier takes pro-Canada petition to the streets”
#Forever-Canadian
#cdnpoli

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Me pointing at a sign advertising the "Forever Canadian" petition available to sign here.

Signed the Forver Canadian petition today at Fish Creek Park. If you want to sign too, here's where to find a signing location:
www.forever-canadian.ca/sign-the-pet...
#abpoli

YOUR #ClimateLens turned 3 years old this month with our 36th monthly episode and one of the best yet featuring super-smart #Urbanism expert @brenttoderian.bsky.social. Host @bigclimate.bsky.social & producer @ninastaum.bsky.social celebrated the occasion with the gang at #ThirdThursday! #yyc

Given where we’re at climate-wise we should regard this as criminal.

Calgary climate protesters target carbon capture 'pipe dream' Demonstrators Wednesday morning said they aren't against pipelines or carbon capture, they're against spending tax dollars on them.

YOUR Calgary Climate Hub in the news again! That's a headline we're proud of! #JustSayNo to the #CarbonCapture pipe dream! #ClimateChange #yyc #abpoli calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...

NEW EPISODE: Cities are a vital part of the energy transition, and also the place where we as individuals have the most political impact. Keep that in your brain as we go into municipal elections in Alberta this October. Thanks @bigclimate.bsky.social & @brenttoderian.bsky.social! #yyc #yeg #abpoli

Agreed. And just learned a new word!

The sheer amount of negligence in this book is mind blowing. I am still a FB user but a much more suspicious one.

Geoff Dembicki's Petroleum Papers & Canada's Carbon Capture Con Podcast Episode · The Climate Lens · 2025-07-23 · 30m

Essential Podcast Alert!!
For all humanity (especially Albertans)
Another excellent podcast by the @calgaryclimatehub.ca.

Please listen and share.
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NEW EPISODE: In @geoffdembicki.bsky.social 's book, The Petroleum Papers, he tells it like it is: climate inaction wasn't necessary and it wasn't inevitable. Nothing like a well financed disinfo campaign to get people voting against their own interests. Listen on any podcast app & @cjsw.bsky.social

Look up a tutorial for "Trim Paths" in After Effects - that should do it.