Leena Walters started her career as a historian, writing about change inside countries. Now she writes brainy romances about change inside people's hearts. She lives in Edmonton, Canada. leenawalters.com Rep: Kristin Ostby of Salky Literary Managementhttps://bsky.app/profile/leenawalters.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/leenawalters.bsky.social/post/3mvguvuo7jc22“I don’t know why it’s our responsibility as taxpayers to pick up the slack when these companies are making money hand over fist, but can’t pay the cleanup bill,” she said. Oil & gas polluters need to clean up their messes, not leave us with the burden. #ableg #abpoli https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/article/the-oil-isnt-flowing-but-the-wells-are-still-there-whats-taking-cleanup-so-long/14 Sep 2026 00:43 +0000at://did:plc:cajnqhmfcvbtctc7lldiyf5b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvguvuo7jc22https://bsky.app/profile/leenawalters.bsky.social/post/3mvcxe2noas23As Alberta's opposition leader puts it, the Premier has a scheme that could increase power bills for Albertans “so she can build AI data centres for her foreign billionaire friends.” #abpoli #ableg #noAI https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-opposition-ai-data-centre-leaked-document/12 Sep 2026 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:cajnqhmfcvbtctc7lldiyf5b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvcxe2noas23https://bsky.app/profile/leenawalters.bsky.social/post/3mv3eri7knc2t"A just transition to a renewable energy economy can spur a revolution in green jobs and decent work. When our children grow up and enter the workforce, we want them to find work that is meaningful...and environmentally and economically sustainable." https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/09/opinion/mark-carney-climate-policy-parents-children #canpoli09 Sep 2026 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:cajnqhmfcvbtctc7lldiyf5b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3eri7knc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/leenawalters.bsky.social/post/3muzda7idy22kThis op-ed should be required reading for all Albertans! #ableg #abpoli https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/its-time-for-alberta-to-rethink-resource-royalties08 Sep 2026 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:cajnqhmfcvbtctc7lldiyf5b/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzda7idy22khttps://bsky.app/profile/leenawalters.bsky.social/post/3muyucntsmc2pFor Our Kids has a terrific letter that you can send to Canada's Prime Minister and your MP, calling on them to take the kind of climate action we all know is URGENTLY needed. #climate #canpoli [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:cajnqhmfcvbtctc7lldiyf5b/app.bsky.feed.post/3muyucntsmc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/leenawalters.bsky.social/post/3muwfk2sxtk2v"The first thing that Bek MacIntosh, a 42-year-old business owner and mother of three, wants Albertans to know is this: it is possible for a community to stop a $10-billion hyperscale data centre dead in its tracks." Our world needs less AI, more Beks! #noAI #ableg #abpoli https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/09/07/Making-AI-Data-Centre-Warrior/07 Sep 2026 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:cajnqhmfcvbtctc7lldiyf5b/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwfk2sxtk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/leenawalters.bsky.social/post/3muosykfnzk2hCanadians -- and the world -- need Carney to take dramatic action. "Each degree of warming that's avoided will save lives and prevent homes, communities and livelihoods from being destroyed. It will also save the Canadian economy billions of dollars." #canpoli #climate https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/climate-change-impact-canada-report-9.733189304 Sep 2026 11:04 +0000at://did:plc:cajnqhmfcvbtctc7lldiyf5b/app.bsky.feed.post/3muosykfnzk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/leenawalters.bsky.social/post/3mukqbof56k2uNicole and Butch Smith have spent 30 years raising bison on the Alberta plains. Within two years of an oil and gas company moving in next door, their bison heard collapsed from 2500 down to 350. This video tells their devastating story. #ableg #abpoli https://drillanddash.substack.com/p/alberta-nightmare-a-family-farm-shattered?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email#media-7bec9c85-4776-4211-ab54-ed216db9ba6902 Sep 2026 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:cajnqhmfcvbtctc7lldiyf5b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukqbof56k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/leenawalters.bsky.social/post/3mujrnpdqzk23As my favourite senator says: Let the UCP government know what we think of their spiteful, specious questions. Thanks, @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social #ableg #abpoli https://albertaviews.ca/the-noxious-nine/02 Sep 2026 10:57 +0000at://did:plc:cajnqhmfcvbtctc7lldiyf5b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujrnpdqzk23https://bsky.app/profile/leenawalters.bsky.social/post/3mu6mfvahps2v“People have the intuition that if we create machines more powerful than people, that could go dangerously and terribly wrong.” The group described in the Atlantic article is irreplaceable.org #NoAI https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/08/irreplaceable-climate-activists-ai-backlash/688404/29 Aug 2026 00:24 +0000at://did:plc:cajnqhmfcvbtctc7lldiyf5b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6mfvahps2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/leenawalters.bsky.social/post/3mu2nq77izk2pAs if things weren't expensive enough, the proposed Meta Data Center will spike Albertans' power bills by 25%. #noAI #ableg #abpoli https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/08/27/analysis/data-centres-alberta-power-bills27 Aug 2026 10:37 +0000at://did:plc:cajnqhmfcvbtctc7lldiyf5b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2nq77izk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/leenawalters.bsky.social/post/3mty7wybjqs2h“They’re going to come in and lie to you. It’s standard in the data centre industry. Lies, lies, lies, more lies.... They think you’re hicks, yokels and farmers, and they think they can roll right over you.” #noAI #abpoli #ableg https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/08/26/AI-Data-Centre-Backlash/26 Aug 2026 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:cajnqhmfcvbtctc7lldiyf5b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mty7wybjqs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/leenawalters.bsky.social/post/3mtloiweda22r"Rural Albertans...are asking why their communities should become sacrifice zones for multinational corporations hell-bent on constructing ugly windowless boxes to house computing power that will toss many out of work while sucking up capital, fossil fuel and water" #noAI https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/08/21/Data-Centre-Sell-Job/21 Aug 2026 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:cajnqhmfcvbtctc7lldiyf5b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtloiweda22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/leenawalters.bsky.social/post/3mtdzskpqwc2uThis *NO* to a methane-fueled power plant and data center is a huge win for clean air, water, and humanity! "There is no way they should have been placing a 1.4-gigawatt power plant right inside the boundaries of a small heritage town. . . .It's monstrous." #noAI #abpoli https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-utilities-commission-rejects-power-plant-for-olds-data-centre-plan-9.731020918 Aug 2026 10:42 +0000at://did:plc:cajnqhmfcvbtctc7lldiyf5b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdzskpqwc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/leenawalters.bsky.social/post/3mssikg5e3c2zAI data centers quite literally make us sick. This article maps out all the different ways these behemoths are harmful for our health. #noAI #abpoli #canpoli https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/08/10/news/ai-data-centre-protests-canada11 Aug 2026 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:cajnqhmfcvbtctc7lldiyf5b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssikg5e3c2z