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City of Calgary preparing for the (not so far off) autonomous electric vehicle future

August 7, 2017 Markham Hislop

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]

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Alberta conservative ‘bozo eruptions’ help BC Kinder Morgan opponents

August 6, 2017 Markham Hislop

“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]

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Jason Kenney threatens trade war with BC over Trans Mountain…whose interests is he serving?

August 5, 2017 Markham Hislop

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]

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Pipelines – not carbon tax and climate policies – the big issue for Alberta oil/gas producers – Dave Collyer

August 3, 2017 Markham Hislop

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]

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‘Methane more than just cow farts’ campaign underscores division between climate change foes, industry

August 1, 2017 Markham Hislop

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]

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Weak oil prices undermine any chance of recovery for Alberta finances before 2019 election

August 1, 2017 Markham Hislop

“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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Time for BC journalists to ask energy economists why Petronas cancelled Pacific NorthWest LNG?

July 30, 2017 Markham Hislop

BC media habitually reports on energy news stories without interviewing energy economists, Pacific NorthWest LNG just latest example Are John Horgan and the BC NDP responsible for Petronas’ decision to cancel the $27 billion Pacific [Read more]

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BC NDP govt can’t ‘un-ring bell’ of inflammatory anti-Trans Mountain Expansion rhetoric – law prof

July 27, 2017 Markham Hislop

The BC NDP government of John Horgan is proceeding cautiously with the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline, not wanting to expose the Province to a lawsuit, according to Attorney General David Eby, especially since it’s not [Read more]

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The REAL significance of France, Britain banning gasoline-powered cars by 2040

July 26, 2017 Markham Hislop

Better batteries, lower prices, self-driving, new business models – France and Britain are being conservative with 2040 deadline So, Britain is “banning” the sale of gasoline and diesel vehicles by 2040. France announced a similar [Read more]

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Trump sanctions on Venezuela could be boon for Alberta oil sands producers

July 24, 2017 Markham Hislop

Pipelines are full, which would mean more oil-by-rail to US Gulf Coast refineries Global heavy crude oil markets are already tight because of OPEC cutbacks and potential sanctions against Venezuela by the United States could [Read more]

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Canada needs a national energy strategy yesterday and Trudeau must take lead – Michal C. Moore

July 23, 2017 Markham Hislop

Energy technology is changing rapidly, Canada risks being left behind unless it prepares for future with national energy strategy The premiers met last week and one of the topics on the table was the “Canadian [Read more]

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Oil sands players back Notley’s energy/climate policies – sticky politics for new conservative party?

July 22, 2017 Markham Hislop

Oil sands players believe Climate Leadership Plan will help them lower production costs, crude oil carbon-intensity This weekend members of the Wildrose Party and the PC Assoc. of Alberta are deciding if they want to [Read more]

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“Technology renaissance” transforming oil sands in situ production – lowering costs, carbon-intensity

July 21, 2017 Markham Hislop

“Oil and gas producers need to be carbon-competitive and cost-competitive” – Suncor CEO Steve Williams A technology revolution is taking place in the Alberta oil sands. Suncor and Cenovus, two of the largest oil sands [Read more]

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Trudeau Liberals’ popularity surprisingly strong in BC, Alberta – can it survive Trans Mountain Expansion?

July 20, 2017 Markham Hislop

Trudeau Liberals handling of upcoming pipeline protests could seriously damage – or help – popularity in BC, Alberta A new public opinion poll from Abacus Data shows the federal Liberals with surprisingly high popularity in [Read more]

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Give up meat, cars, plane travel, more kids? No thanks, say Canadians

July 17, 2017 Markham Hislop

Canadians won’t change their lifestyles to reduce GHG emissions, curtailing options to meet Paris climate commitments A study from Sweden’s Lund University got a lot of play in the Canadian media last week because it [Read more]

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Fact checking Lorne Gunter…it’s the dumpster fire you always imagined

June 7, 2017 Markham Hislop

Edmonton Sun columnist Lorne Gunter ignores basic journalism – interviewing sources, respect for facts – in recent column By Markham Hislop Canadians understand the quality of modern journalism has declined because media businesses, particularly newspapers, suffer [Read more]

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Dakota Access protests poised to become political debacle for American oil and gas industry

October 29, 2016 Markham Hislop

Industry leaders, including Kelcy Warren, have mishandled Dakota Access pipeline protest right from the beginning Six weeks ago, I warned that the Dakota Access pipeline protest was going to be the next Keystone XL issue [Read more]

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How the Trudeau government tore up the rulebook on pipelines

September 27, 2016 Markham Hislop

 Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government is scrapping years’ worth of Harper-era strategy on getting pipeline deals done. Will it work? Published in Canadian Business by Markham Hislop When Justin Trudeau’s Liberals won an unexpected majority government [Read more]

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Alberta oil sands advisory group illustrates new political consensus on energy, climate

July 14, 2016 Markham Hislop

Co-existence of climate mitigation and oil sands development will be the new norm for many decades Critics of the new Alberta Oil Sands Advisory Group are missing a key point: mixing environmentalists with industry representatives perfectly [Read more]

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Jeb Bush calls out Barack Obama for ‘insulting our neighbour to the north’

May 21, 2015 Markham Hislop

Jeb Bush says he would visit Canada within 100 days of taking office That neighbour to the north is Canada, America’s closest ally, largest trading partner, and supplier of 30 per cent of American energy. [Read more]

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