Donald Trump promised to lift restrictions on domestic energy industry and ban OPEC oil from American markets Change is coming, folks. Assuming, of course, that President-elect Donald Trump follows through with the vague energy policies he [Read more]
If Washington voters don’t approve carbon tax, is it likely other states or feds will introduce one in near future? Washington state environmentalists are clashing over a carbon tax proposition that will show up on [Read more]
What are Trudeau’s plans for industry side of West Coast oil spill response? The Canadian Government announced a $1.5 billion marine safety upgrade Monday and West Coast eco-activists were quick to complain the new plan [Read more]
A social, environmental, economic rationale for approving Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline does exist With the prospect of a green light for the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline within the next month, the release this past week of [Read more]
$250 billion/year oil and gas contribution to GDP, immature clean energy tech were real obstacles to Obama energy activism With Barack Obama headed out of the White House in a few months, the punditocracy is [Read more]
Industry leaders, including Kelcy Warren, have mishandled Dakota Access pipeline protest right from the beginning Six weeks ago, I warned that the Dakota Access pipeline protest was going to be the next Keystone XL issue [Read more]
Vivian Krause’s data is fine, but her conclusions are wrong and her work encourages industry to think of itself as a victim of American eco-activist money Vancouver blogger Vivian Krause is well known in the oil [Read more]
Nathan E. Stewart spill response appears to be timely, with enough equipment and trained responders, but Heiltsuk Nation critical Has the Nathan E. Stewart spill response been “world class?” British Columbians have been asking this question over [Read more]
Bernie Sanders, eco-activists would exert considerable influence in a Clinton Administration, Democratic Congress The American oil and gas industry supports Donald Trump in part because the Republican candidate promises to get the sector out from [Read more]
Dakota Access pipeline protest has already become Keystone XL sequel – promises to be bigger and worse for industry Last weekend, someone burned construction equipment at an Iowa site of the halted Dakota Access pipeline project. [Read more]
Polling response demonstrates once again that eco-activists and industry boosters are out of step with average Canadians What does social license for Canadian pipelines look like? If you’re Justin Trudeau, probably a lot like the [Read more]
10% is not enough compensation for American capital just now – Hirs Rex Tillerson says the American shale oil sector has become the world’s swing producer, able to rapidly ramp up production in response to supply [Read more]
Leading eco-activists like Bill McKibben are supporting Climate Direct Action’s illegal pipeline tampering, Hillary Clinton should denounce Thanks to Wikileaks, we now know that Hillary Clinton has battled radical eco-activists inside the Democratic Party. Given [Read more]
Canada can’t buck international trend to mitigate climate change, plenty of evidence carbon taxes do work, plenty of evidence carbon capture doesn’t work The emerging Canadian anti-carbon tax champion is Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, who [Read more]
If there are more attacks on energy infrastructure, Greenpeace should be held accountable by authorities in United States, Canada Annette Klapstein is a 64-year old mother, and presumably a grandmother, so no surprise she writes [Read more]
Greenpeace stands with Climate Direct Action, whose members say they are willing to sacrifice themselves to protect the Earth from the Alberta oil sands, pipelines What were they thinking? American climate change activists closed five pipelines [Read more]
Native groups and eco-activists appear to be settled in for a long fight with Energy Transfer Partners, industry Media pundits love to be right…unless they’re right about something they’ve warned about, and then that something [Read more]
Cautious governments advancing climate mitigation energy policies, hectored by eco-activists to go quicker and by industry boosters to go slower Understanding modern energy politics is like trying to get a handle on Middle East politics – definitely [Read more]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau widely expected to approve Kinder Morgan project to West Coast in mid-Dec. Rachel Notley’s “pipeline for carbon tax support” demand could mean one of two things: either the fix is in [Read more]
Expect many more energy projects like Pacific NorthWest LNG in coming years as governments balance decarbonizing, economic development On Tuesday, the Canadian government approved Malaysian-owned Petronas’ $36 billion Pacific NorthWest LNG project, environmentalists pitched a fit, industry boosters [Read more]
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