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67 lines
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# Environmental Freedom
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!!! quote "Oil Patch Wisdom"
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"The environment will be fine! Now excuse us while we drink this totally normal looking tap water."
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[Call Rebecca Schulz, Minister of Environment and Protected Areas](tel:7804272391){ .md-button }
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[Email Minister of Environment](https://button.freealberta.org/embed/environment-protection){ .md-button }
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[Call Brian Jean, Minister of Energy and Minerals](tel:7804273740){ .md-button }
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[Email Minister of Energy](https://button.freealberta.org/embed/clean-energy){ .md-button }
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## Why Should Our Environment Be Free?
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Because breathing shouldn't be a premium service, and clean water shouldn't be something we have to buy at Costco. Revolutionary concept: maybe not poisoning our backyard is actually good for all of us?
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### Our Current "Freedom" System
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!!! example "The Alberta Environmental Experience"
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1. We check our air quality index
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2. We pretend that orange sky is normal
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3. We buy bottled water
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4. We ignore those weird smells
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5. We say "at least we have jobs"
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6. We repeat until 6 feet under
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## What Real Environmental Freedom Looks Like
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- Clean air (and not just on good wind days)
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- Safe drinking water (straight from our taps!)
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- Unpolluted soil (wild concept, we know)
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- Protected wilderness (for more than just oil exploration)
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- Renewable energy (because the sun is actually free)
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### But What About Our Economy?!
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!!! info "Plot Twist"
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Here's a shocking revelation: clean energy jobs don't require environmental sacrifice. Plus, bonus: our grandkids might actually have a planet to live on.
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## The Economic Freedom Argument
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When we protect our environment:
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- Our healthcare costs drop (breathing clean air helps, who knew?)
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- Our tourism increases (people like mountains without smokestacks)
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- Our property values stay stable (clean soil is worth more than contaminated soil)
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- Our new industries emerge (solar panels don't install themselves)
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### What We're Missing
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- Renewable energy infrastructure
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- Public transportation that works
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- Green spaces in our cities
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- Water protection policies
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- Air quality standards with actual teeth
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!!! tip "Pro Freedom Tip"
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If we think environmental protection kills jobs, let's consider the job-killing effects of uninhabitable planets.
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## The Bottom Line
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Environmental freedom means having the right to clean air, water, and soil without having to fight corporations for it. It means understanding that a healthy environment is actually good for our business (and, you know, staying alive).
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!!! warning "Reality Check"
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Our freedom to choose between different brands of bottled water isn't actually freedom - it's just expensive submission to environmental degradation.
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Ready to breathe easier in a freer Alberta? Let's share this with our neighbors - especially the ones who think climate change is just spicy weather.
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