Markham on Energy

Oil finally has a competitor (electricity) Alberta already has a Plan A. It’s called the Emissions Reduction and Energy Development Plan. To understand how risky it is, you need to understand OPEC’s “Oil and Gas [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]

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]

“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]

“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]

“Engage in further consultation with all sectors of the Canadian economy to understand the social, financial, and regulatory impacts of the proposed emissions cap…” – letter to Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, March 27 The oil [Read more]

Albertans deserve truth about electricity system options Danielle Smith is wrong about renewable energy. Even worse, she’s not honest with Albertans about wind and solar. The best evidence for that argument comes from the non-profit that [Read more]

Smith doubles down on 20th century by hobbling wind, solar development On Friday, Alberta replaced a hard moratorium on wind and solar development with a soft one. But what’s even more significant about the new [Read more]

Guilbeault is the wrong federal minister to oppose Smith. Time for Trudeau to tap the bullpen Steven Guilbeault tore a strip off Danielle Smith on X/Twitter yesterday. A federal cabinet minister publicly pummelling the Alberta [Read more]

IEA’s modelling of energy future is more likely because of China Will the energy transition be fast, with fossil fuels demand peaking in 2030 and quickly declining, as the International Energy Agency thinks? Or will [Read more]

Alberta requires bold leaders. Instead, it’s run by caretakers This past year, Energi Media’s energy journalism really came into focus: extensive expert interviews and reporting about global trends in the energy transitions, then more of [Read more]

Time to reconsider Smith’s dangerously inept Emissions Reduction and Energy Development Plan? China has dealt a serious political blow to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. On Thursday, the country’s largest refiner, state-owned Sinopec, released its latest [Read more]

Expanding power grid to electrify Alberta economy could be Smith’s greatest achievement Ottawa released its zero-emissions vehicle sales mandate Tuesday morning. An hour later, right on cue, Danielle Smith lit her hair on fire. Too [Read more]

Smith says new methane emissions regulations are “illegal,” but Alberta already has an agreement with Ottawa under existing federal legislation If Danielle Smith felt shame, she would be embarrassed by this morning’s press release claiming [Read more]

What is Alberta Premier Danielle Smith smoking? The International Energy Agency (IEA) “has become increasingly, unfortunately, a political activist organization.” This was part of Danielle Smith’s response to a question from me during her September [Read more]

“We have no confidence in the AER or the Government of Alberta to investigate this incident or prevent another one from happening.” – Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Regulatory failure, not poor communications, is the real [Read more]