BC caught between appeasing Trans Mountain Expansion opponents, avoiding Kinder Morgan lawsuit The BC government was granted intervener status Tuesday in the judicial review brought against the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline project by the Tsleil-Waututh [Read more]
NEB has legal authority to issue permits for Trans Mountain Expansion if BC government refuses A National Energy Board update on the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline suggests proponent Kinder Morgan still hasn’t satisfied enough conditions [Read more]
GHG emissions is a policy issue that doesn’t belong in an NEB pipeline review, according to Alberta energy minister Alberta Energy Minister Marg McCuaig-Boyd had harsh words Thursday for a decision by the National Energy [Read more]
Only 18% of Canadians trust oil/gas industry, 21% have a favourable view of sector Brian Jean, who is campaigning to be the first leader of the United Conservative Party in Alberta, wants to add energy [Read more]
Enmax expects electric vehicle adoption to be slower in Calgary than other Canadian cities Three years ago I interviewed John Rilett, Enmax director of enhanced energy services & renewables, about how the City of Calgary-owned utility [Read more]
Trump Administration can’t ignore significant economic benefits Canadian oil/gas generates in United States Canada will sit at the table to re-negotiate NAFTA with the United States in the near future and energy is expected to [Read more]
CAPP expects Canadian natural gas exports to US to decline 50% by 2030 In the wake of Petronas’ decision to cancel the Pacific NorthWest LNG project three weeks ago, there is good and bad news [Read more]
Is Notley incompetent? Or is her goal to keep BC Premier Horgan out of the political battle for now? Rachel Notley’s response to yesterday’s announcement that BC will use legal challenges to block the Trans [Read more]
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she welcomes BC’s “due diligence” over Trans Mountain Expansion The new NDP government in British Columbia has retained veteran lawyer Thomas Berger to advise on the best way to assert [Read more]
Alberta oil sands costs are $30-40/b, compared to $50 break even for most US shale producers The prevailing wisdom in Alberta is that Western Canada is one of the highest cost oil and gas basins [Read more]
Mazda’s SKYACTIV-X engine – and similar innovations from other automakers – could slow down adoption of electric vehicles While global automakers stampede into electric vehicles, Mazda has taken a different approach, announcing Tuesday that it [Read more]
Currently about 3 million light duty vehicles in Alberta, but less than 1,000 EVs Electric vehicles are set to take over the world, folks. Not in the immediate future, but soon enough that city governments [Read more]
“Bozo eruptions” from religious social conservative Wildrose candidates sank that party’s 2012 election chances Alberta conservatives don’t get it. They’re so eager to fight with the British Columbia NDP government – and pipeline opponents hoping [Read more]
Threats to retaliate against BC if Horgan government inhibits pipeline progress benefits Kenney, but may harm Kinder Morgan’s construction efforts Erik Wiik is an early-30s engineer who owns a Vancouver-based small business – exactly the [Read more]
Construction of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Expansion is big test for Canadian oil and gas industry – Collyer Eric Nuttall of the Sprott Energy Fund is mad as hell, so mad he’s taking his $146.3 [Read more]
Energy industry emissions, not cow farts, need to be strictly regulated says ENGO, labour coalition in new campaign Two actors in a cow suit showed up at the Alberta Legislature today because, well, that’s what [Read more]
“There’s no self-correcting way out of this situation… if [oil] prices don’t rise, there’s no easy way.” – Tombe The Alberta government is betting on rising oil prices and growing royalties over the next year [Read more]
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