Thoughtful Journalism About Energy's Future

Thoughtful Journalism About Energy's Future

  • News
    • Opinion
  • Markham on Energy
  • Energi Notes
  • Unethical Oil
  • Energi U
    • Energi U Registration
    • Energi U Library
  • The Energi Show
  • Energy Circles
  • Support Us
HomeAuthorsJZadmin

Articles by JZadmin

No Picture
Markham on Energy

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]

No Picture
Markham on Energy

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]

No Picture
Markham on Energy

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]

No Picture
Markham on Energy

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]

No Picture
Markham on Energy

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]

No Picture
Markham on Energy

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]

No Picture
Markham on Energy

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]

No Picture
Markham on Energy

Expect Trudeau, Notley to take bazooka to Keystone XL gun fight

March 23, 2017 JZadmin

President Donald Trump may leave the political battles with KXL opponents to Canadian leaders The Keystone XL pipeline is back in the public eye, thanks to an imminent approval from the State Dept. Expect Standing [Read more]

No Picture
Markham on Energy

Alberta rejects international consensus on energy, climate at its peril

March 22, 2017 JZadmin

Alberta must never forget Obama’s rejection of Keystone XL that was mostly about climate politics In Monday’s column I argued that if newly chosen Alberta PC leader Jason Kenney becomes premier, he cannot return to the [Read more]

No Picture
Markham on Energy

Jason Kenney and the problem of Alberta oil sands’ political legitimacy

March 20, 2017 JZadmin

Kenney must come up with some way to retain oil sands’ political legitimacy if he wins in 2019 Let’s extend congratulations to Jason Kenney, crowned new leader of the PC party of Alberta this weekend. [Read more]

No Picture
Markham on Energy

Trudeau ‘energy transition’ speech positions him as global policy leader

March 11, 2017 JZadmin

Trudeau understands emerging clean energy technologies will compete with fossil fuels for many decades Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave the most important speech of his political career Friday in Houston. He told more than a [Read more]

No Picture
Markham on Energy

If it’s a war Kevin O’Leary wants, it’s a (facts and data) war he shall get

March 9, 2017 JZadmin

Alberta oil patch busy doing huge deals, attracting international capital, expanding production So, Kevin O’Leary wants to “go to war” with Premier Rachel Notley over the Alberta carbon tax because he thinks it scares away capital. Fortunately, the [Read more]

No Picture
Markham on Energy

Trump leads resurgence of fossil fuel Fossils, but their cause is doomed

March 9, 2017 JZadmin

Embracing energy transition will give first movers like Saudi Arabia significant head start The election of Donald Trump has emboldened climate change opponents – fossil fuel Fossils, if you will. Unfortunately for the American President, he [Read more]

No Picture
Markham on Energy

Trump handcuffed by energy and climate jurisdiction, long-term trends

March 5, 2017 JZadmin

Primary energy regulation by states, industry already adopting cleaner, more efficient technologies While President Donald Trump continues to suck the oxygen from news cycles with controversy after scandal after midnight twitter war, the American oil [Read more]

No Picture
Markham on Energy

Should European Union look to Trudeau for global climate leadership?

March 4, 2017 JZadmin

Trudeau is far more pragmatic than Obama, supporting pipelines and oil sands development The European Union appears to think Justin Trudeau embodies the kind of climate leadership once provided by Barack Obama. Maybe they should listen [Read more]

No Picture
Markham on Energy

Solid-state EV battery breakthrough from Li-ion battery inventor John Goodenough

March 1, 2017 JZadmin

Analysts warn that innovation in the lab could take 15 years to become a viable commercial EV battery John Goodenough may have done it again. Thirty-seven years after co-inventing the technical breakthrough that made lithium-ion batteries [Read more]

No Picture
Markham on Energy

Time for a Notley ‘Big Love’ strategy for Alberta oil and gas sector?

February 27, 2017 JZadmin

If the Alberta NDP love oil and gas sector as much as they say, why not actively court its votes? Bill Paxton, the respected American actor, died Saturday at 61. His death got me thinking [Read more]

No Picture
Markham on Energy

Canadian Energy Politics for Dummies, a refresher for the rest of us

February 20, 2017 JZadmin

Almost all senior Canadian governments base their policies on the energy transition model Canadian energy politics is intense – and growing more intense every year – and confusing, partly because the Alberta-based oil and gas [Read more]

No Picture
Markham on Energy

Calgary MP Len Webber must apologize for linking pipeline approval and BC opioid crisis

February 14, 2017 JZadmin

“If you’re willing to make it easier for us in Alberta, we can make it easier for you to put in safe injection sites throughout the country.” – Webber If you’re an Alberta Member of [Read more]

No Picture
Markham on Energy

Shannon Phillips lays out case for Alberta climate policies, oil sands expansion

February 9, 2017 JZadmin

Alberta government, industry goal is to reduce oil sands GHG levels to that of conventional oil A common view in the Alberta oil patch is that the NDP are anti-oil sands and that eco-activist ideology is driving [Read more]

Posts pagination

« 1 … 5 6 7 … 16 »
In the Spotlight

The Canadian energy conversation is stuck in the wrong century

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Find Energi Media journalism in video, audio, and essays YouTube Channel: Video energy news Substack Essays: Thoughtful Energy Journalism Energi Talks Audio Podcast Real story of this energy crisis is not supply disruption, but demand [Read more]

Stay connected

  • facebook
  • twitter

Latest Video

Search Our Archives

Latest News

  • The Canadian energy conversation is stuck in the wrong century April 13, 2026
  • Iran’s attacks drone on, with the U.S. at risk of losing the war April 1, 2026
  • Why Donald Trump will try to declare victory in Iran well before November April 1, 2026
  • Up to $220 Billion, 80,000 Jobs At Risk if Canada Can’t Deliver on Clean Power Grid April 1, 2026
  • Record U.S. Oil Production Meets Rising Prices, Signalling Stronger Market Outlook April 1, 2026
  • High Hopes, Few Details as Major Projects Office Hits Six-Month Mark March 27, 2026
Latest News
  • The Canadian energy conversation is stuck in the wrong century
  • Iran’s attacks drone on, with the U.S. at risk of losing the war
  • Why Donald Trump will try to declare victory in Iran well before November
  • Up to $220 Billion, 80,000 Jobs At Risk if Canada Can’t Deliver on Clean Power Grid
  • Record U.S. Oil Production Meets Rising Prices, Signalling Stronger Market Outlook
Markham on Energy
  • The Canadian energy conversation is stuck in the wrong century
    April 13, 2026
  • “Cost and Carbon Competitiveness” was an Alberta rallying cry for years. What happened?
    November 22, 2025
  • Where’s the Beef, Danielle?
    November 21, 2025
  • Canada’s First Giga-scale Battery Plant is Under Construction. Why That’s Important
    November 17, 2025
  • Canada’s Geothermal Opportunity Is Bigger Than We Think — So Why Is Ottawa Ignoring It?
    November 14, 2025
Opinions
  • Why Donald Trump will try to declare victory in Iran well before November
    April 1, 2026
  • Ontario’s nuclear push risks another costly policy failure
    March 20, 2026
  • Fossil Industry Distortions Make the Energy Transition Harder to Imagine
    February 9, 2026
  • 7 certainties about energy for this age of uncertainty
    January 27, 2026
  • Venezuela attack, Greenland threats and Gaza assault mark the collapse of international legal order
    January 7, 2026

News: editor@energi.media

  • facebook
  • twitter
  • Contact
  • About
  • Privacy Policy
  • Support Energi Media
  • Email Sign Up

@2020 Energi Media Ltd., | Thoughtful Energy Journalism

Energi Media

 

Get the eBook, The New Alberta Advantage: Technology, Policy, and the Future of the Oil Sands, written by our founder and publisher, Markham Hislop, for FREE.

 

Sign up now and get exclusive access to your FREE download in the next newsletter and receive Energi Media Weekly Update straight to your inbox too!

 

Thoughtful journalism about energy’s future

 

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Privacy Policy