“This campaign is coming to the party quite late. It would have been good to be persuading people some time ago.” – Lacombe Alberta spending $700,000 on a pro-Trans Mountain Expansion advertising campaign in British [Read more]
High production case shows oil sands production exceeding 7 million (MM) b/d by 2038, over 5MM in reference case (currently 2.8MM b/d) One of the most persistent myths perpetrated by the anti-oil sands brigade is [Read more]
Energy Progressives embrace change, Energy Dinosaurs resist change at a time when global energy system is rapidly changing The global energy system is being transformed. Change is driven by two emerging technology trends: 1) slowly [Read more]
Climate activist Al Gore. Photo: CBC Industry is committed to de-carbonizing oil sands heavy crude, Notley govt supports those efforts with ambitious regulations Alberta loves to hate Al Gore. Who can blame it, really? His [Read more]
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson Survey data show Canadians, BCers favour compromise that acts on climate/environment while allowing natural resource development Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and opponents of the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline – including NDP [Read more]
Robert Reich spoke for an hour, then answered many audience questions. Photo: Markham Hislop Robert Reich says Donald Trump is undermining the post-war international economic system Robert Reich, Bill Clinton’s labour secretary, was in Calgary [Read more]
Prof. Fraser Forbes, dean of engineering, University of Alberta. Photo: UofA. Dean Forbes missed opportunity to explain how oil sands innovation is answering Suzuki criticisms The University of Alberta is conferring an honorary degree upon [Read more]
Photo: Barry Caruth, Creative Commons license Gradual lowering carbon-intensity of crude oil, operations over long time-frame is real goal of new HSBC lending policy A press release from international banking giant HSBC caused a flutter on [Read more]
Vancouver anti-pipeline “analysis” dominated by muckraking fabulists immune to facts, evidence, expert opinion Most British Columbians will no doubt agree that to understand the complexity of an oil pipeline business model, say, one asks an [Read more]
Scientists say dilbit floats, enough science to craft adequate spill response…why isn’t message getting through to BC? BC Premier John Horgan and his eco-activist and coastal First Nation supporters will be annoyed with a new [Read more]
“NDP Bill 12 is the same type of policy that Hugo Chavez uses to control natural resources in Venezuela.” Chavez died in 2013 Political tensions have been running high for weeks now as Alberta and [Read more]
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley during Ottawa press conference. Photo: CTV News British Columbia insists it wants courts to define division of power over pipelines between provincial, federal govts Sunday morning’s pipeline summit in Ottawa between [Read more]
When Notley banned BC wines from Alberta, Horgan declared April to be BC Wine Month and turned the fight with Alberta into a political advantage BC is properly processing Kinder Morgan permits, referring disputed issues [Read more]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (middle) Trudeau can buy off opponents or run roughshod over them or actively negotiate a middle ground that benefits BC, Alberta, and Canada When Justin Trudeau said Canada needs “wind turbines [Read more]
“It became clear, through listening to legal advice, that we did not have the authority to stop a project that had been approved by the federal government…” – Heyman Thanks to George Heyman, we now [Read more]
(l-r) Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, BC Premier John Horgan, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Only resolution to jurisdiction dispute may be to refer matter to Supreme Court of Canada, but Kinder Morgan deadline is May 31 [Read more]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, BC Premier John Horgan Provincial or municipal laws can co-exist with Canadian laws, but they cannot “frustrate” federal approvals of Trans Mountain Expansion Cue the pipeline hysteria! Did you know [Read more]
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley addressing cabinet on Monday Kinder Morgan says the fight between governments influenced it to suspend Trans Mountain Expansion. Will more fighting fix the problem? You can hear the cheers from across [Read more]
Jim Carr leaving Parliament Hill after press conference Sunday Trudeau has 6 weeks to resolve jurisdictional tussle with BC, but delay sends wrong signals to investors, natural resources sector What to do? More specifically, what [Read more]
Jason Kenney is pushing the panic button about pipelines after industry roasted the Trudeau government’s Bill C69, which sets out a new process for environmental impact assessments of major projects. Rachel Notley’s office says panic [Read more]
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