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Month: January 2016

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Markham on Energy

Nenshi, Iveson should shut up, take their cue from Notley on Energy East

January 30, 2016 JZadmin

Polarized debates around other important pipeline projects led to defeat. Lesson? Don’t polarize Energy East debte Have Alberta mayors learned nothing from the debacle that is the BC pipeline debate? Or the equally humiliating debacle [Read more]

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Is Notley NDP the most pro-Big Oil government in Alberta history?

January 29, 2016 JZadmin

The Notley evidence: Favourable royalty review, climate change policies designed to increase oil sands market access, pipeline coalition building Back in May, I wrote a column about the Alberta oil and gas royalty review that still makes [Read more]

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Trudeau to pipeline companies: Up your game, boys

January 28, 2016 JZadmin

Industry has already said it would reduce carbon intensity of oil sands crude, build partnerships with First Nations – Trudeau wants action On Thursday, the Trudeau Government introduced new rules governing pipeline environmental assessments. The [Read more]

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Obama promotes Nigeria’s dirty oil, but rejects Keystone XL…WTH?

January 26, 2016 JZadmin

Canadian oil sands producers pledged to reduce GHG emissions, Alberta introduces strict new climate policies. What has Nigeria done to earn favored status? Now that President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are buds, [Read more]

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Time for Notley to seriously consider neatbit by rail as alternative to pipelines

January 25, 2016 JZadmin

Alberta energy minister Marg McQuaid Boyd says neatbit by rail ‘intriguing,’ plans to follow up Energy East created quite a buzz over the weekend, courtesy of clashes between Alberta and Quebec politicians. But what if neatbit by [Read more]

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Canadian PM Trudeau confronts DiCaprio over ‘inflammatory’ oil sands remarks

January 24, 2016 JZadmin

“[T]here are families suffering, out of work, who need to be supported, and inflammatory rhetoric doesn’t necessarily help those families or help Canada” – Trudeau to DiCaprio Well, that must have been awkward. After years of [Read more]

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Trudeau piles on with unqualified support for Energy East

January 22, 2016 JZadmin

With Wynne and Trudeau onboard, only Quebec remains as a potential political obstacle to Energy East Rachel Notley had a good day Friday. In the morning, Ont. Premier Kathleen Wynne backed the Energy East project. [Read more]

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Brian Jean may sabotage emerging political deal for Energy East

January 22, 2016 JZadmin

Rachel Notley’s quiet Energy East diplomacy starting to pay off, but Brian Jean’s hardline comments may damage Eastern political support Someone needs to tell Wildrose Leader Brian Jean his shrill demands for the Canadian government [Read more]

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Neatbit by rail an alternative to oil sands’ pipeline problems to USA, Asia markets

January 18, 2016 JZadmin

Neatbit is undiluted bitumen shipped by rail in specially heated tanker cars A proposed new refinery on Canada’s West Coast may have the solution to the problems of shipping Alberta oil sands dilbit by pipeline [Read more]

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Obama’s ‘moonshot metaphor’ wrong way to think about energy transitions

January 12, 2016 JZadmin

Putting a man on the moon happened inside a decade, but global transition to new energy technologies may take a century Last night, President Obama promised to pursue the clean energy revolution with the same [Read more]

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Why aren’t Americans buying electric vehicles? The answer is pretty simple

January 5, 2016 JZadmin

Price premium alone for electric vehicles like Volt, Leaf is 26 to 37% – making it too expensive for Early Adopters New auto sales figures show Americans prefer trucks and SUVs, and are really not ready [Read more]

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