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Month: March 2017

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Wall, Notley, Alberta conservatives make for a helluva political threesome

March 31, 2017 JZadmin

Notley uses Wall as a proxy for Alberta conservatives, Wall uses Notley as a proxy for Saskatchewan NDP Shall we call it “Alberta Ménage à Trois”? The parties to this political love triangle are Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, [Read more]

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‘Fleeing oil sands capital’ story driven by Alberta politics, media – not reality

March 30, 2017 JZadmin

Buying oil sands assets for $32 billion total makes CNRL, Cenovus world class energy companies Cenovus buys ConocoPhillips oil sands assets for $17.7 billion Wednesday. Last week CNRL buys Shell and Marathon assets for $14.4 [Read more]

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Will Tesla Model 3 electric vehicle ‘disrupt’ auto markets? Not a chance

March 29, 2017 JZadmin

The big launch of the Tesla Model 3 is on schedule for later in 2017 and pundits are already speculating that the $35,000 US electric vehicle will be a major disruption to the market for [Read more]

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Trudeau govt change to Canadian Exploration Expense is bad news for oil patch

March 29, 2017 JZadmin

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley should spend political capital with PM Justin Trudeau to reverse Canadian Exploration Expense change Big Oil is everyone’s favourite punching bag, but when they’re right, they’re right. And this time they’re right [Read more]

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Wildrose climate denial could hurt Alberta oil sands, pipeline projects

March 28, 2017 JZadmin

Memo to Drew Barnes: Other provinces, US States, are listening…and Alberta needs their support So, Wildrose energy critic Drew Barnes helped fund a climate change-denying film. I’m not surprised because Barnes reflects the attitude of many [Read more]

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Eco-activist arguments against Keystone XL pipeline are flawed

March 27, 2017 JZadmin

If Canadian producers keep investing in new technology, Keystone XL could lower GHG intensity of heavy crudes refined on Gulf Coast In this Feb. 25, 2015 column I argued that a key point was being [Read more]

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CAPP unleashes PR popgun when it really needs cannons

March 27, 2017 JZadmin

Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) should get down in trenches with Big Green opponents This is a long read, but an important one because I’ve tried to explain why the Canadian oil and gas [Read more]

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Environmental activist a mistake as Alberta Energy chief of staff

March 26, 2017 JZadmin

McCuaig-Boyd’s judgement as Alberta energy minister already being called into question Regular readers will be shocked by this admission, but I occasionally get it wrong. This is one of those times. The column dates from [Read more]

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100 scientists are wrong about the Alberta oil sands

March 26, 2017 JZadmin

Coal, not Alberta oil sands, should be focus of scientists’ campaign This is my column from June 11, 2015. My thinking has evolved quite a bit because of my work on the Energy Transition, but [Read more]

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Alberta must stop shying away from oil sands, pipeline politics and engage rest of Canada

March 26, 2017 JZadmin

National energy strategy gives Alberta framework within which to work out compromise between energy development, climate change I’ve never understood why so many Albertans complain about the “politics” around energy, as if we could someone wave [Read more]

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Oil sands opponents can be SUCH snowflakes; Linda McQuaig’s comments demand to be debated

March 26, 2017 JZadmin

Linda McQuaig is a long-time opponent of Alberta oil sands, her comments surprised no one As a political centrist who supports both oil and gas and clean energy technologies, I’m often in the middle of [Read more]

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Open letter to Heather Boyd: Ezra doesn’t deserve media accreditation

March 25, 2017 JZadmin

“Bottom line, as an online journalist I had to be vetted by the Alberta government and I have yet to hear a single good argument why Ezra shouldn’t be as well.” – Markham Hislop Dear Ms. [Read more]

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Renewable energy part of earning social licence for Alberta oil sands?

March 25, 2017 JZadmin

Renewable energy – primarily wind – already cost-competitive without subsidies in Alberta, says BluEarth CEO Calgary entrepreneur Kent Brown has been named Clean Energy Canada’s “Innovator of the Year” for 2015. Not bad for a [Read more]

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Alberta Wilderness Association, Friends of Science like bickering kids

March 25, 2017 JZadmin

Alberta Wilderness Association complains to APEGA about Friends of Science membership I’m no friend of Friends of Science. Their climate denial is partisan and silly. But they do have a right to their opinions. And [Read more]

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California – The one place Alberta oil sands crude isn’t ‘dirty’

March 25, 2017 JZadmin

Alberta oil sands not discriminated against by California Low Carbon Fuel Standards program It’s ironic that not far from Hollywood, and the residences of American film star eco-activists, sits the Placerita field, which produces the [Read more]

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Who you gonna call when your pipeline leaks? Alberta Energy Regulator, that’s who…

March 25, 2017 JZadmin

Alberta Energy Regulator ensures damages caused by pipeline, well leaks are remediated Alberta has over 400,000 kilometres of pipelines and 180,000 active wells. Not surprisingly, they sometimes leak. What’s leaking and how are the leaks [Read more]

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Enmax preparing for future of Alberta renewable energy

March 25, 2017 JZadmin

Cost of renewables will drop, fossil fuel costs likely to rise, power grid becomes smarter – Enmax I still refer to this column three years later. Long before Rachel Notley and the NDP assumed power in Alberta [Read more]

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Trans Mountain pipeline economic benefit analysis by SFU just not credible

March 25, 2017 JZadmin

Economist pokes holes in SFU study of Trans Mountain economic benefits Note by Markham: Three years after I wrote this column, I still like it. The political atmosphere in the lower mainland of British Columbia [Read more]

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To Kevin O’Leary: Butt out of Alberta politics, you Bay St. ignoramus

March 24, 2017 JZadmin

I wrote this column on our old Beacon Energy site a few days after the election of Rachel Notley and the NDP. Given Kevin O’Leary’s recent cringe-worthy comments about the Alberta Premier, which you can [Read more]

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Does Keystone XL approval mean a re-working of North American oil market?

March 24, 2017 JZadmin

“The importance of a common, continental energy market cannot be overstated.” – Carr spokesperson The verdict is in: bitterly controversial pipeline Keystone XL is going ahead. Canadian and Alberta politicians are throwing their support behind [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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