“To be landlocked, in Alberta’s case, isn’t only about the nonstop rhetoric about distance from oceans, provincial sovereignty, or national energy security. It is also about being locked into an extractive relationship to land.” - @jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2026/09/29/n...

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A reminder drought isn’t just a lack of rain. It’s also a warning about how fragile our water systems are becoming. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Because of the Nobel Prize, a lot of people will be talking about neutrinos today (including me I’m sure)! I *also* talk a lot about neutrinos in my new book, “How to Build a Universe (Theoretically Speaking),” which is available for preorder now! www.astrokatie.com/book-htbau

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“To tell Alberta’s water story it was necessary to also tell its energy story. But energy is itself a land story. And this led to the question: how does Alberta legitimate its energy story?” Jeremy J. Schmidt on his new book, LANDLOCKED, for @nichecanada.bsky.social. buff.ly/gP73qAg

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Learn about @jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social's new book, Landlocked: Water, Energy, and Planetary Politics in Alberta ( @uchicagopress.bsky.social 2026). Schmidt outlines how Alberta uses geosciences and policy to legitimize extractive land use. niche-canada.org/2026/09/29/n... #envhist #cdnhist

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