#Canada: #Evacuation order issued as #wildfire threatening Fort #McMurray draws closer

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-wildfire-grande-prairie-fort-mcmurray-1.7203695

#alberta #news #emergency #climate #environment #disaster

This chart shows annual hours of smoke-filled skies in Calgary from 1953 to 2023.

As the first wildfire smoke of the 2024 season blew into the city this week, it's hard to convey the sadness it elicited in a lot of folks here.

There's a growing realization this is our new reality. And a genuine sense of mourning.

#calgary #alberta #canada #ableg #cdnpoli #climate #climatechange #wildfire #wildfires #smoke

Des feux de forêt font rage dans l’Ouest canadien

Les évacuations et avertissements se multiplient en Colombie-Britannique, en Alberta et au Manitoba

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2072166/incendies-foret-ouest-canadien

#ColombieBritannique #Alberta #Manitoba #canada #ExtinctionDeMasse #pollution #écologie #environnement #Climat

Des feux de forêt font rage dans l’Ouest canadien

Des milliers de personnes ont été évacuées d'une municipalité du nord-est de la Colombie-Britannique en raison d'un incendie de forêt à proximité alors que la province se prépare à une aggravation des conditions et que des feux font rage pr…

^Radio-Canada

Welcome to the first smoke day of the year in #YEG, I’m sure it won’t be the last.

This plume of smoke comes from intense wildfires in northeastern BC, and is brought to you courtesy of every regressive petrostate province that wants to burn it all down as long as there’s profit to be made.

#FireSmoke #Alberta

And this is how they responded, on day one, to an anti-genocide encampment at the University of Calgary.

Video by Mocha Bezirgan.

#yyc
#Calgary
#Alberta
#abpoli
#Palsetine
#Israel

"If there was any doubt remaining that Alberta's nearly seven-month moratorium on renewable-energy projects was a political decision — made in the halls of power rather than in the offices of expertise — it was erased by internal documents released to the public last week."

My latest analysis for CBC, based on original reporting by @drewanderson for @thenarwhal

🔗 : https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-renewables-pause-moratorium-aeso-foip-1.7196943

#alberta #ableg #cdnpoli #canada #renewables #renewableenergy #energystorage