Canada did not become an energy superpower. Instead, it is what it has always been: a dependent supplier to the American behemoth Last Sunday, four Big Oil CEOs in expensive suits stood behind Alberta Premier [Read more]
Many observers, including President Barack Obama, believe transition from Age of Fossil Fuels to Age of Clean Energy has already begun David Suzuki’s recent comments equating the Alberta oil and gas industry to American slavery [Read more]
Power generation emissions have fallen dramatically because of American model, will fall more under Clean Power Plan Barack Obama doesn’t often take advice from Big Oil, but the American Petroleum Institute has an idea ahead of [Read more]
Aggressive climate strategy gives Alberta – and Notley – leverage to cut political deals with Obama, Eastern premiers The National Post’s Jen Gerson, echoing far too many Albertans, says the province’s new climate strategy is just an [Read more]
Alberta’s new climate strategy goes much further than Obama – includes carbon tax, oil sands emissions cap Something momentous happened in Canada yesterday. No, it had nothing to do with hockey or moose. But it had [Read more]
Justin and Barack hit it off over climate change objectives. Will Canada now get a new oil sands pipeline? Judging by the sidebar meeting between President Obama and new Prime Minister Trudeau at the APEC [Read more]
Canada supplies 45% of American crude oil imports, forecast to increase in coming decades, even without Keystone XL Yesterday I wrote about how climate activist opposition to Keystone XL was part of a larger campaign [Read more]
White House decision about Keystone XL not about data, economics, or climate change Supporters of the Canadian oil sands on both sides of the border are in a flap after President Barack Obama denied a [Read more]
New governments in Alberta and Ottawa will cut energy-based GHG emissions in return for pipelines, market access Let’s get one thing straight: President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline is not about facts or [Read more]
Bill Gates and his emphasis on innovation – not environmentalists – should take centre stage in American energy debate Yesterday I wrote about MIT’s climate change plan that engages fossil fuel companies to find science [Read more]
MIT focus on engagement with industry a clear alternative to environmental movement’s focus on conflict MIT says it is joining the fight against climate change, but rather than divesting from fossil fuel companies, MIT plans to engage [Read more]
Jeb Bush had the chance to propose a North American Energy Pact, but lacked the nerve for a daring move If Republican voters are wondering why the Jeb Bush campaign is languishing, they need look no [Read more]
Pope Francis in a unique position to influence global debate over energy and environment When Pope Francis issued his climate encyclical earlier this year, I harshly criticized him for being a neo-Luddite technology hater who had [Read more]
North American Climate Compact great for Clinton, perhaps not so much for Canada Tuesday Hillary Clinton shocked Canadians by coming out against the Keystone XL pipeline. The other shoe dropped Wednesday as she proposed a North American [Read more]
Obama’s Clean Power Plan set to give energy sector huge boost by increasing natural gas sales Comments yesterday from the White House press secretary illustrate nicely the confused thinking about energy on the part of [Read more]
CPS Energy charges residential rate of $.105/kwh, slightly under Texas average As Texas electric utilities prepare to comply with the Clean Power Plan, one company is ahead of the pack. CPS Energy says it began [Read more]
Reality of fracking and earthquakes less serious, more complex than eco-activists claim Recent controversy about fracking-induced earthquakes in NE British Columbia illustrates how North American environmental NGOs use junk science and exaggerated claims to distort the public [Read more]
Clean Power Plan could produce over $2 billion/year increase in natural gas sales for Texas shale companies This will come as a shock to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other high profile critics, but the [Read more]
Economist Vaclav Smil says transitions to new energy sources take many decades, despite panic over climate change Has anyone else noticed the recent onslaught of shrill rallying cries for climate change action, including President Obama’s Tuesday [Read more]
Regulators do a good job of monitoring fracking-induced earthquakes, putting mitigation plans in place In Part 1 of this column I examined how ENGOs and their “experts” used flimsy science and exaggerated claims to call [Read more]
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