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How Environmental NGOs use junk science, hysteria about fracking-induced earthquakes to trash energy projects

September 5, 2015 JZadmin

Reality of fracking and earthquakes less serious, more complex than eco-activists claim Recent controversy about fracking-induced earthquakes in NE British Columbia illustrates how North American environmental NGOs use junk science and exaggerated claims to distort the public [Read more]

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Clean Power Plan in Texas could generate benefits for natural gas producers

September 4, 2015 JZadmin

Clean Power Plan could produce over $2 billion/year increase in natural gas sales for Texas shale companies This will come as a shock to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other high profile critics, but the [Read more]

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Dear Pres. Obama: Better to get it right than get it fast on climate change

September 2, 2015 JZadmin

Economist Vaclav Smil says transitions to new energy sources take many decades, despite panic over climate change Has anyone else noticed the recent onslaught of shrill rallying cries for climate change action, including President Obama’s Tuesday [Read more]

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How Environmental NGOs use junk science, hysteria about fracking-induced earthquakes to trash energy projects – Part 2

August 31, 2015 JZadmin

Regulators do a good job of monitoring fracking-induced earthquakes, putting mitigation plans in place In Part 1 of this column I examined how ENGOs and their “experts” used flimsy science and exaggerated claims to call [Read more]

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How Environmental NGOs use junk science, hysteria about fracking-induced earthquakes to trash energy projects – Part 1

August 31, 2015 JZadmin

Part 2 of column will show how facts don’t line up with ENGO’s version of fracking-induced earthquakes Recent controversy about fracking-induced earthquakes in NE British Columbia illustrates how North American environmental NGOs use junk science and [Read more]

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American shale producers putting pressure on weaker OPEC members

August 28, 2015 JZadmin

Shale producers have plenty of room to reduce costs, small OPEC producers need high oil prices As global oil markets continue to roil, OPEC’s weak sisters are panicking and American shale producers are digging in [Read more]

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Socialist candidate’s oil sands comments demand to be debated

August 22, 2015 JZadmin

Linda McQuaig is a long-time opponent of oil sands, comments surprised no one OMG, you guys, why are critics so MEAN to Linda McQuaig? She’s just telling the truth about leaving the oil sands in [Read more]

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Saudis applying pressure until someone cracks, but it may not be America

August 21, 2015 JZadmin

Does Saudi Arabia really care which high cost oil producers go under? One analysts says, no Mark Mills has a theory about the Saudi market share strategy that goes a long way to explaining why some [Read more]

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Texas blows up over the Clean Power Plan – Part 1

August 10, 2015 JZadmin

Clean Power Plan aims to eliminate Texas coal power plants, which generate 24% of state electricity We get it. Texas is really mad about Obama, the EPA, and the Clean Power Plan. But behind the [Read more]

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Energy should be top issue of 2016 American election campaign

August 5, 2015 JZadmin

Texas Railroad Commissioner Christi Craddick says America needs a national energy strategy. Election is the perfect time for debate about energy With the introduction of the Clean Power Plan, President Barack Obama has inserted energy squarely into [Read more]

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Keystone XL: The argument for delaying approval another 5 years

July 30, 2015 JZadmin

Fate of Canadian pipeline proposals will determine if there is even oil sands crude to ship in Keystone XL The Keystone XL pipeline is in the news. Again. Why doesn’t TransCanada just abandon the 830,000 [Read more]

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Pope Francis, ‘green’ mayors ignore practical reality of decarbonizing global economy

July 22, 2015 JZadmin

Considering the huge challenges of transitioning to a low-carbon economy will take your breath away Mayors from around the world gathered at the Vatican this week to talk about climate change and the political will needed [Read more]

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National energy strategy a big win for Alberta’s Notley

July 17, 2015 JZadmin

National energy strategy gives Alberta framework within which to work out compromise between energy development, climate change As of this morning, Canada has a new national energy strategy. Why should anyone care? Because it turns out that [Read more]

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200th American coal plant closed: Sierra Club should hold the celebrations

July 16, 2015 JZadmin

Coal consumption is rising because developing Asian nations want North American-style economy, lifestyle Yesterday the Sierra Club issued a press release boasting about phasing out the 200th coal-fired power plant in America. Break out the champagne, [Read more]

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Barnett Shale emissions bun fight has easy (and cheap) solution

July 10, 2015 JZadmin

Barnett Shale methane emissions studies find a few super-emitting facilities to blame A dispute between the oil and gas industry and eco-activists over fugitive methane emissions in the Barnett Shale nicely illustrates my argument of three months ago why the [Read more]

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Dear TransCanada: Patience, Obama will NEVER approve Keystone XL

July 6, 2015 JZadmin

Keystone XL has become political football between Obama, Democrats and Republicans TransCanada is asking – yet again – for President Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, this time because of new climate friendly policies [Read more]

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Barnett Shale water study: Caution ahead, for everyone

June 30, 2015 JZadmin

Industry said Barnett Shale research doesn’t establish link between fracking and water contamination A new study investigating groundwater contamination in the Barnett Shale illustrates why caution should be exercised when drawing conclusions from scientific studies. In this case, [Read more]

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Pope Francis should get over his issues with technology

June 29, 2015 JZadmin

Heeding Pope Francis – and his environmental supporters – would drag the global economy backward A few weeks ago, Pope Francis released his climate change encyclical, in which he inveighed against the evils of the “technocratic [Read more]

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DeSmog is full of de baloney over criticisms of FrackFeed.com

June 22, 2015 JZadmin

DeSmog guilty of same tactics it imputes to Frackfeed.com In the great debate over climate and energy, the American public is not well served if only one side gets to communicate its message, a truth the DeSmog [Read more]

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Environmental activist a mistake as Alberta Energy chief of staff

June 11, 2015 JZadmin

McCuaig-Boyd’s judgement as Alberta energy minister already being called into question Graham Mitchell, the new chief of staff to Alberta Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd, is what in political circles is called a “signal.” In this case, a [Read more]

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Dear Premier Smith: Stop lying about the IEA

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

What is Alberta Premier Danielle Smith smoking? The International Energy Agency (IEA) “has become increasingly, unfortunately, a political activist organization.” This was part of Danielle Smith’s response to a question from me during her September [Read more]

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