Markham on Energy

Reducing methane emissions to zero is important for Canada’s competitiveness as global markets increasingly price carbon For all the noise surrounding climate policy, this is the rare file where ideology doesn’t change the physics, and [Read more]

Recall “was not intended to have unions weaponize it to bus people in and put GoFundMes online in order to be able to topple the sitting government” Today in the Legislature, Danielle Smith launched yet [Read more]

Canada’s first giga-scale EV battery plant is finally rising out of the ground in southwestern Ontario. More than a construction milestone, it marks the moment Canada’s long-promised critical-minerals strategy begins taking real industrial shape—linking mining, refining, cell manufacturing, and EV production into a homegrown clean-energy supply chain. [Read more]

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]