Settler on Treaty 7 Land Trying to build a future that's worth living. 🌿 https://phillipmeintzer.medium.com/https://bsky.app/profile/phillipmeintzer.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillipmeintzer.bsky.social/post/3mjad2prkz22tHad the pleasure of speaking with CBC's Laura Lynch about Alberta's oil & gas cleanup crisis. - LISTEN HERE: Are leaky, old oil wells poisoning people and the planet? https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-429-what-on-earth/clip/16208110-are-leaky-old-oil-wells-poisoning-people-planet #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli11 Apr 2026 17:05 +0000at://did:plc:phponn5ujc7dno42lw5maxmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjad2prkz22thttps://bsky.app/profile/phillipmeintzer.bsky.social/post/3mj5urdsq6s2mUPDATE: The AER has just announced that 4031 wells from Long Run Exploration have been turned over to the Orphan Well Association, almost doubling the current orphan inventory. Making the latest (meagre) $155M orphan levy look even MORE ridiculous. https://www.aer.ca/about-aer/media-centre/news-releases/news-release-2026-04-09 #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Apr 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:phponn5ujc7dno42lw5maxmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5urdsq6s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillipmeintzer.bsky.social/post/3mj5udtmbxs2mThe AER's mandate is to "provide safe, orderly, and environmentally responsible energy development." They didn't notify Indigenous communities about a toxic spill for NINE months & now they're trying to dodge ALL accountability. https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/09/news/kearl-oilsands-tailings-lawsuit-alberta-energy-regulator #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli10 Apr 2026 17:36 +0000at://did:plc:phponn5ujc7dno42lw5maxmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5udtmbxs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillipmeintzer.bsky.social/post/3mj3bolumss2fWe need a windfall tax immediately on the O&G industry's war profiteering. AND... Let's force these companies to finally set aside significant sums of money for cleanup!!! https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/the-oil-industry-is-making-billions-from-the-iran-war-it-should-be-taxed/ #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli @policyalternatives.ca @hadrianmk.bsky.social09 Apr 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:phponn5ujc7dno42lw5maxmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3bolumss2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillipmeintzer.bsky.social/post/3miwo3lpwqs2nIf you add this "high risk" $1.75B to the existing $1.12B already on the books at the orphan well association, it would take 19 years to pay for the cleanup of orphan wells, based on the value of the current orphan levy ($155M). And that's if NO more wells become orphaned over those 19 years. #ABLeg [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2026 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:phponn5ujc7dno42lw5maxmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwo3lpwqs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillipmeintzer.bsky.social/post/3miwnv4czvc2nIt's also important to note that according to the AER (see pic) there are 94 oil & gas companies in AB in "high financial distress" with $1.75 BILLION in unpaid cleanup costs (red bar). That's an additional $1.75B worth of liabilities that could soon end up in the orphan inventory. #ABLeg #ABPoli [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2026 20:52 +0000at://did:plc:phponn5ujc7dno42lw5maxmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwnv4czvc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillipmeintzer.bsky.social/post/3mijrfobf6s2zThe orphan fund exists to ensure industry shares cleanup costs when companies fail to pay. CNRL made $10.8 BILLION in profits in 2025 alone and they own 24% of the junk wells in Alberta. CNRL has more than enough money to cover orphan cleanup themselves AND walk away with $9B profit. #ABLeg #ABPoli [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Apr 2026 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:phponn5ujc7dno42lw5maxmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijrfobf6s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillipmeintzer.bsky.social/post/3mijo5zkhsk22The Mature Asset Strategy (MAS) is the AB govt's plan to make taxpayers pay for oil & gas cleanup. They are planning to push this plan through this spring, but we can still stop them. TELL YOUR MLA TO VOTE NO ON MAS! Send a letter today. albertatalks.ca/no-mas/ @albertaen.bsky.social #ABLeg #ABPoli https://albertatalks.ca/no-mas/02 Apr 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:phponn5ujc7dno42lw5maxmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijo5zkhsk22https://bsky.app/profile/phillipmeintzer.bsky.social/post/3mifrm74wp22hYet again, the Alberta Energy Regulator puts oil and gas companies (and their bottom line) before the interests of ordinary Albertans and the land we depend on. #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Apr 2026 03:43 +0000at://did:plc:phponn5ujc7dno42lw5maxmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifrm74wp22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillipmeintzer.bsky.social/post/3mifqt7jlrk2hOrphan wells in AB increased 97% last year to a record high of 3,388 wells w/ a cleanup cost of $1.12 billion. Today, our joke of an energy regulator announced its latest orphan levy: $154.56 million. Industry only have to pay 7% more for DOUBLE the wells. https://www.aer.ca/about-aer/media-centre/bulletins/bulletin-2026-15 #ABLeg #ABPoli01 Apr 2026 03:29 +0000at://did:plc:phponn5ujc7dno42lw5maxmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifqt7jlrk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/phillipmeintzer.bsky.social/post/3micrf3vs2226If only it were true! ⚒️🌾 [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Mar 2026 23:01 +0000at://did:plc:phponn5ujc7dno42lw5maxmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3micrf3vs2226https://bsky.app/profile/phillipmeintzer.bsky.social/post/3mi7jfl3si22sThe Alberta NDP are going to lose the next provincial election by trying to out-pipeline the UCP lol 😂 #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Mar 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:phponn5ujc7dno42lw5maxmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi7jfl3si22shttps://bsky.app/profile/phillipmeintzer.bsky.social/post/3mhxzquaes22j"Thousands of Albertans like me live directly in this project’s ‘hazard zone’. In an explosion, people in our communities are facing anything from breathing issues to brain damage to instant death." https://daveberta.substack.com/p/farmers-and-first-nations-unite-against?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli26 Mar 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:phponn5ujc7dno42lw5maxmt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxzquaes22j