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US Election 2016: Obama tap dances on energy, while Clinton’s got two left feet

August 25, 2016 JZadmin

Hillary Clinton can’t – or won’t – distance herself from anti-fossil fuel movement “Keep it in the ground” The US Chamber of Commerce has waded into the election campaign with the release of a report [Read more]

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US, Canadian governments wasting tax dollars on immature electric vehicles

August 24, 2016 JZadmin

California has only 223,700 electrics and plug-in hybrids. Vancouver, BC has far more Ferraris, Lamborghinis. etc. than EVs California will fail to meet its goal of 1.5 million electric vehicles by 2025 in Hollywood blockbuster [Read more]

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EOG Resources in a class of its own – energy economist

August 24, 2016 JZadmin

EOG says Permian Basin assets are responding well to productivity improvements like longer horizontal well laterals Not many American oil producers are competitive at low prices, but EOG Resources has the technical knowhow and execution to [Read more]

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Christy Clark gets it right with climate policy revisions, raises ire of eco-activists

August 20, 2016 JZadmin

Tzeporah Berman: “Being asked as member BC’s Climate Leadership Team what I think of this plan: Pathetic and cowardly. U can quote me” British Columbia’s newly revised climate plan is being panned by environmental groups. That [Read more]

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NY AG’s Exxon climate change investigation all about politics, just like Peabody Energy probe

August 19, 2016 JZadmin

NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s Exxon climate change fraud investigation just became ridiculous, as revealed in his interview in today’s NY Times. You can read North American Energy News stories on the background here and here and my columns here [Read more]

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Doug Lacombe: There is a better way for oil/gas and pipeline companies to communicate

August 17, 2016 JZadmin

Energy industry has to woo “soft political middle” so Trudeau Liberals have enough “legitimacy” to approve pipelines I got myself in hot water with a couple of columns lately. One argued that oil and gas [Read more]

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Science finally proves just how badly energy CEOs (and boosters) suck at politics, communications

August 16, 2016 JZadmin

Emotional connection is the new norm, energy industry’s old facts and science approach no longer connects with stakeholders If the Dilbert comic strip taught us anything, it’s that engineers are socially awkward and terrible communicators. Now [Read more]

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State of the oil patch: It ain’t pretty in the Barnett Shale, but future looks better

August 16, 2016 JZadmin

Peak tight gas production in Barnett Shale is 5 Bcf/d, down to 4.5 Bcf under current conditions Global shale natural gas production will rise by 400 per cent over the next 25 years, but that’s [Read more]

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Carbon XPrize: Oilfield-based technology could revolutionize carbon capture

August 15, 2016 JZadmin

CleanCarbon Energy uses bacteria to fix CO2 in depleted oil reservoirs, turns it into cheap syngas The Carbon XPrize is on! Thirty-eight teams from seven countries are vying for the $20 million prize, awarded for [Read more]

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Justin Trudeau and the realpolitik of Kinder Morgan’s pipeline in British Columbia

August 12, 2016 JZadmin

Trudeau government was always going to approve the Kinder Morgan pipeline project Kai Nagata of BC’s Dogwood Initiative is dismayed by the ” slapdash” three-person panel reviewing the Kinder Morgan pipeline panel, and even hints that [Read more]

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An open letter to Canadian oil sands boosters: Stop whining and snivelling about environmentalists

August 9, 2016 JZadmin

Dear Oil Sands Boosters; You know who you are: Ezra Levant, Cody Battershill, Gwyn Morgan, Brett Wilson, Vivian Krause, Patrick Moore, Claudia Cattaneo, and the legion of Albertans who agree with you. I regularly read your [Read more]

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Why social license (or legitimacy) is critical to pipelines, the Canadian oil sands

August 8, 2016 JZadmin

Eco-activists, BC First Nations eroded NEB and industry legitimacy, which must now be restored before new pipelines are built Why is the idea of social license so important to the oil sands industry? Because the [Read more]

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Technology, innovation are the only answer to climate change. Full stop.

August 4, 2016 JZadmin

“In my view, innovation is essential to human progress.” – Bill Gates I’m writing a news story about an Alberta team entered in the Carbon X Prize that got me thinking about the best way [Read more]

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Fracking for President campaign illustrates why Canadian oil/gas industry is ‘socially dim’

August 3, 2016 JZadmin

Canadian oil and gas industry is caught in 1950s time warp, incapable of innovative communications with Canadians If you ever wondered why the oil and gas industry does so poorly with the Canadian public, look [Read more]

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Why we love oil/gas AND renewables in a post-climate change world

August 1, 2016 JZadmin

North American Energy News delivers news stories, analysis, opinion that illuminates this new stage of human history for our readers Every news organization has a bias. Today, I want to write about ours, which is based [Read more]

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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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Huge battery plant subsidies are price Canada pays for lagging in clean energy industry

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

China dominates clean energy industry, US and Europe race to catch up Government subsidies totalling $28.2 billion for two Ontario battery plants require 20-year pay back, according to Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Yves Giroux. Clean [Read more]

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