@jemphatically
Freelance journalist, photographer, environmentalist, introvert. Former oil & gas and government PR, semi-retired, grandma to Finn, and according to research, not cool. She/her. Stop the genocide. https://about.me/jodymacpherson Born: 319 ppm
But the dream started as a petrochemical hub.
Read my latest report on the journey Greenview has been on in pursuit of economic development opportunities for the region, as told by Reiling.
www.theenergymix.com/alberta-muni...
#WonderValleyAlberta #AIDataCentres #AIDataCenters #ableg #cdnpoli
Over the last decade, multiple councils backed efforts to prepare the Greenview site for industrial projects, most recently betting it all on a gargantuan gas-powered AI data centre proposed by Kevin O’Leary.
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$70 million. That’s how much the MD of Greenview has spent to develop the area where Wonder Valley is proposed.
GIG executive director Kyle Reiling told an audience at the Calgary Petroleum Club last Wednesday that the project is still “moving forward,” and recounted the journey so far.
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Imagine if a power plant running on fracked gas to fuel a 7.5 GW data centre was added to the mix.
Wonder Valley would require 10% of all Alberta's gas reserves if fully built-out as proposed by O'Leary Ventures.
www.theenergymix.com/b-c-doctors-...
#wondervalleyAlberta #ableg #cdnpoli
Wonder Valley would greatly increase the health risks in this area where exposure to contaminants from nearby fracking is causing an alarming frequency of cancers already.
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Luckily, I don't trust anything I see on my phone anymore, so I fact-checked the time on my kitchen stove.
And immediately assumed AI was somehow to blame.
Thank you for listening.
My phone switched seamlessly to Daylight Savings Time in the early hours of Sunday morning.
And then slipped back into Standard Time in the early hours of Monday morning, causing me to almost be late for an appointment.
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Kudos to that reporter for actually reporting 🫶
Facts really do matter ☮️👇
When you push out a major government announcement on a Friday afternoon (EST), it's rarely good news for the people affected most.
And the timing - just after the First Nations in Alberta have called for a vote of non-confidence in the Premier of Alberta for her handling of Indigenous concerns.
It will be interesting to see the reaction to this news.
This whole argument about reducing duplication is untrue. The Alberta government hasn't been doing environmental impact assessments. But we are to believe they are going to start picking up the slack as the federal government stands down?
letstalkimpactassessment.ca/co-operation...
ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.
They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.
Don’t let this government tell you this was just a small group of “professional protestors.”
This was massive collective action.
Keep going #nspoli
It’s a nightmare for some residents in the community who just learned details of the project in late January and are questioning the location so close to their homes.
www.theenergymix.com/200-metres-a...
#ableg #cdnpoli #AIDataCentres #AIDataCenters
That’s 10 smokestacks (17 metres, 57 feet high) from a plant feeding the power needs of a massive data centre. Running 24/7 365 days per year, except when there’s an upset - and then there are 600 diesel generators ready to spring into action.
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The farming community of Olds, home to an agricultural college, a lot of retirees and others seeking peace and quiet, is about to become close neighbours with the second largest gas-powered plant in the province.
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Premier Danielle Smith’s plans to double oil and gas production via data centres are hitting small town Alberta…very close to home.
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Colin Jost: "This attack might be a bad idea, I don't know. I'm not really an expert on Iran. So let's hear from someone who can explain why we might have done it." 😂
#SNL
Things were getting heated between Iran's ambassador and the US ambassador just before the meeting ended. Not surprising, given the people involved, I guess.
Interesting camera angle that was briefly provided, showing Iran's ambassador across the aisle from Israel's ambassador who is speaking now. Danny Danon talks about Iran's retaliation, including an attack on Tel Aviv that killed one person.
Saeid Iravani says the actions of US and Israel are an unjustified use of force, and Iran's actions in response are justified self-defence. Diplomacy has been disregarded by the US and Israel, he asserts, requiring Iran to unconditionally surrender. He's calling on the UN to uphold rule of law.
Iran's Ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani says more than 100 children were killed when a school was hit (footage being shared on social media), calling it a war crime, and a crime against humanity.
Not that they're worse than Russia, but the fact they scolded everyone for fighting while at the same time engaging in a big, ongoing fight with a neighbouring country was just extremely awkward.
Pakistan's ambassador, just called for the peaceful settlement of disputes and called for diplomacy. Pakistan just carried out airstrikes inside Afghanistan. Iran had offered to mediate.
I thought Russia's ambassador chastising the US was too much, but then Pakistan entered the chat.
And now we have to listen to the US Ambassador Mike Waltz talking about a mission they've dubbed "Epic Fury." Not serious people.
The exact opposite of reasonable, this is an administration operating on emotion, and there appear to be no adults in the room.
Leonor Zalabata Torres, Colombia's Ambassador to the UN seems reasonable.
She's talking about the protection of civilians, and how war does not solve conflicts. She's calling for nuclear disarmament but says the use of force is not acceptable. She's not taking sides but calling for restraint.
UN Security Council meeting happening now.
www.youtube.com/live/go6N6Ku...
The Alberta government's non-answer to the CBC's questions about the degradation of the relationship with Alberta's First Nations is telling.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"The power of the less powerful begins with honesty."
Mark Carney, less than six weeks ago
"...other countries, particularly middle powers like Canada, are not powerless. They have the capacity to build a new order that embodies our values, like respect for human rights, sustainable development, solidarity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of states."
