Canada is the land of energy incumbents. Incumbents impede change to protect their own self-interests, a poor strategy in the midst of a global energy transition Spencer Dale warns that transitioning too slowly to clean [Read more]
Name one federal or provincial politician with a grand vision for the 21st century Canadian economy. You can’t. Canada is bereft of big thinkers, risk-takers Last week, Canada kicked off 30 days of consultation about [Read more]
Build domestic non-combustion market for bitumen, create a new oil/gas regulator, dramatically reform the electricity sector Naheed Nenshi is the new Alberta NDP leader. The former Calgary mayor’s record vote total, 86% of nearly 63,000 [Read more]
If everyone has to tell the truth about the oil and gas industry, Smith may not be able to handle the truth Danielle Smith really hates changes to the federal Competition Act that prevent oil [Read more]
“…the list of leading companies that failed when confronted with disruptive changes in technology and market structure is a long one.” – Clayton H. Christensen Well-managed, profitable corporations fail all the time because new technologies [Read more]
Markham: Welcome to episode 317 of the Energy Talks podcast. I’m energy and climate journalist, Markham Hislop. Prior to Danielle Smith becoming Alberta premier in 2022, I called her an authoritarian populist. In her first [Read more]
Naheed Nenshi owes it to the people of Alberta to submit to questions about his policy ideas. Ducking them is flat out cowardly Unlike the other three candidates running to lead the Alberta NDP, Naheed [Read more]
“I think there is an uprising in the making.” – Grand Chief Arthur Noskey By Susan V Thompson, special for Energi Media A dispute between the Woodland Cree First Nation (WCFN) and Obsidian Energy (TSE: [Read more]
Obsidian Energy should negotiate an agreement with Woodland Cree First Nation because it won’t win this fight Bill Hatton was a Vietnam vet, 300 pounds of menace, and an imposing figure around the board table. [Read more]
“We’re doing this in a peaceful manner, so I’m hoping it doesn’t come to that.” – Chief Isaac Laboucan-Avirom By Susan V. Thompson, special for Energi Media Negotiations between the Woodland Cree First Nation (WCFN) [Read more]
“A 100% tariff will probably be enough to keep essentially all made-in-China EVs out of the US.” – economics blogger Noah Smith President Joe Biden today erected a very large fence around American clean energy [Read more]
If there was one “intellectual” who most muddied Canadian thinking about the future of energy, it was Murphy On Tuesday, President Joe Biden will raise import tariffs on China’s electric vehicles by 400 per cent, [Read more]
OPEC economists get it wrong not once, but twice by seriously underestimating China A key assumption of the OPEC oil and gas narrative, which is the de facto Alberta narrative, is being blown to smithereens [Read more]
“Renewables generated a record 30% of global electricity in 2023, driven by growth in solar and wind.” – Global Electricity Review 2024, Ember My first tattoo, if my wife ever permits it, will read, “electricity [Read more]
“Reports of the demise of electric vehicles have been greatly exaggerated” – S&P Global Mobility Electric vehicle (EV) sales are growing, not slowing, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). But [Read more]
“Would I support TMX [Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline] knowing what I know now? No.” In 2017 I thought that the Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) pipeline was a great idea. My expert sources didn’t expect peak [Read more]
New AER board appointments reflect Danielle Smith’s “slow energy transition” mentality This Note was supposed to be about Dave Yager, Premier Danielle Smith’s old pal, the one she recently appointed to the Alberta Energy Regulator’s [Read more]
Alberta exceptionalism won’t protect epicentre of Canadian oil/gas from energy system change Two weeks ago, the Americans declared war on carbon as part of their efforts to rewrite global trading rules. The announcement was delivered [Read more]
The Alberta Energy Regulator in its present form cannot be saved A new coalition is calling for reform of the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER). As the Unethical Oil investigative series revealed, the AER is so [Read more]
Jean and Schulz aren’t the varsity team, Guilbeault is the wrong minister…something has to give How would you resolve this dilemma? Canada, like most countries, has signed international agreements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). [Read more]
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