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Month: January 2017

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Dear Vancouver, Burnaby: You can’t give us one lousy pipeline? – Justin Trudeau, Rachel Notley

January 31, 2017 JZadmin

Canada, BC and Alberta have compromised to make Trans Mountain possible, now it’s time for Vancouver, Burnaby to compromise, too Canadian federalism has always been about regions. individual provinces, and the national government compromising to [Read more]

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EV adoption will be slow, unlikely to reduce oil demand for 50 years or more

January 26, 2017 JZadmin

Earliest new EV battery chemistry available likely to be 2035 or 2040 Q. Why build North American pipelines, expand Texas shale production and the Alberta oil sands, if electric vehicles will replace internal combustion engine [Read more]

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Keystone XL pipeline: New book outlines hard-won lessons from Obama rejection

January 25, 2017 JZadmin

US, Canadian governments must enforce approvals of pipeline projects like Keystone XL – McConaghy Keystone XL is back on the table and that’s good news for the Canadian oil sands industry, says Dennis McConaghy, author of [Read more]

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Is the fate of the American economy riding on Rick Perry?

January 23, 2017 JZadmin

As US shifts from fossil fuels to renewable energy and electrifies transportation, battery storage becomes critical to economic competitiveness If Rick Perry survives the nomination process to become energy secretary in the Donald Trump Administration, he will [Read more]

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Trump’s ‘border adjustment tax’ big unknown for Canadian oil and gas

January 19, 2017 JZadmin

Until Congress draws up tax reform legislation, impossible to estimate impact of border adjustment tax The Canadian oil and gas sector – producers, service companies, and manufacturers alike – is wringing its hands at the [Read more]

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Dear Alberta, it’s time to talk about the energy transition

January 13, 2017 JZadmin

75% of oil production used to fuel transportation, but better Electric Vehicle batteries decades away Alberta, we need to talk. It’s time for you to confront the single greatest challenge of the 21st century: the [Read more]

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Christy Clark lands substantial Trans Mountain deal ahead of May election

January 12, 2017 JZadmin

BC government $1 billion fiscal deal for Trans Mountain first of its kind in Canada The BC government issued an Environmental Assessment Certificate for the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline Wednesday, ending almost five years of brilliant political [Read more]

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Advice to Alberta oil sands boosters: Let Jane Fonda be, you’ve won this war

January 10, 2017 JZadmin

Oil sands boosters are like Japanese nipponhei, loyally fighting long after the war is over Psst. Alberta oil sands boosters. Stop dissing Hanoi Jane. You’ve already won the bitumen and pipeline war, now you’re being an ungracious winner. [Read more]

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Done right, Alberta energy diversification strategy could actually work

January 9, 2017 JZadmin

Alberta energy diversification should include partial bitumen upgrading, petrochemicals, expansion of oilfield services/manufacturing Economic diversification rarely works. Canadian governments have wasted many billions over the decades, chasing this or that economic flavour of the week [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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