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Month: July 2016

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Epic bad idea: Democrats propose Justice Dept. join #Exxonknew battle

July 28, 2016 JZadmin

Hillary Clinton better hope casualties are within the range of acceptable losses because this issue has snafu written all over it By proposing that the Dept. of Justice investigate fossil fuel companies for misleading the public [Read more]

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Clinton ditches “all of the above” energy policy in joint DNC proposal with Sanders

July 27, 2016 JZadmin

Abandoning “all of the above” for “renewable energy fast” is significant change in American energy policy, politics After the high-profile speeches and celebrity endorsements of Hillary Clinton, down on the floor and in the backrooms of [Read more]

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Bill McKibben, NRDC and the ‘Keystoning’ of the Energy East pipeline

July 26, 2016 JZadmin

TransCanada and the Canadian oil industry need to significantly step up their political game with Energy East A few months ago, uber environmentalist Bill McKibben promised that all future energy infrastructure projects will be”Keystoned.” Right on cue, [Read more]

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Gay oil sands supporter blows up social media with lesbian meme targeting Saudi Arabia

July 25, 2016 JZadmin

Lesbian meme created by gay oil sands activist Robbie Picard, who thinks buying OPEC gas supports repressive, anti-LGBTQ regimes The Facebook meme that accompanies this column has raised a lot of hackles on social media. Our [Read more]

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Did Harold Hamm threaten to drive Canadian, Mexican oil from the American market?

July 24, 2016 JZadmin

Hamm said to be auditioning for energy portfolio if Donald Trump becomes president Bakken oil mogul Harold Hamm, the leading contender to be energy secretary in a Trump Administration, fired a howitzer across the bow [Read more]

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Donald Trump pledges to punt OPEC oil from American market

July 19, 2016 JZadmin

President Trump could issue executive order to establish import quotas keeping OPEC oil from US refineries I’m embarrassed. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump promised to (sort of) ban OPEC and I missed it. My only consolation [Read more]

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Who is Mike Pence and where does he stand on energy issues?

July 15, 2016 JZadmin

Expect Mike Pence to be articulate and forceful in his defense of the American energy industry Donald Trump has a running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence. The 57-year old lawyer is an interesting blend of energy [Read more]

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Alberta oil sands advisory group illustrates new political consensus on energy, climate

July 14, 2016 Markham Hislop

Co-existence of climate mitigation and oil sands development will be the new norm for many decades Critics of the new Alberta Oil Sands Advisory Group are missing a key point: mixing environmentalists with industry representatives perfectly [Read more]

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Oil sands on verge of expanding, Calgary conference hears

July 10, 2016 JZadmin

Oil sands producers will concentrate on expanding existing facilities, production to rise 1M b/d by 2025 – IHS Oil prices are near levels where Alberta oil sands operators will consider expanding production, according to presenters [Read more]

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TransCanada has ‘credible NAFTA case’ against Obama Administration for rejecting Keystone XL

July 7, 2016 JZadmin

Interesting issue is Obama Administration’s need to address perceptions of USA as committed to fighting climate change – Kronby When President Barack Obama rejected TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline proposal last year, he probably expected some sort of [Read more]

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Has British Columbia already granted ‘social license’ for Kinder Morgan pipeline?

July 6, 2016 JZadmin

41% of BC respondents support approval of Kinder Morgan pipeline, 34% are opposed Get ready for a new pipeline, British Columbia, because a recent poll may have removed the last impediment to building the Kinder Morgan project. [Read more]

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