Implementing CleanBC, electrifying BC economy will be difficult – what type of electricity system is needed to properly do the job? If the NDP is re-elected, it will begin transitioning much of the provincial economy [Read more]
Jason Kenney, industry, Canadian conservatives waiting for an invitation to next oil price party that is never going to come A tenet of Canadian conservatism is that the oil and gas industry is under attack [Read more]
Legge, Business Council of Alberta, emerging as an important moderate policy voice during a time of immoderate policies “We’re encouraging the federal government to view Alberta, and the county’s largest resource industries, as a welcome [Read more]
2 green recovery ideas for Alberta: turn bitumen into carbon fibre, electrify the oil sands Canadian oil and gas leaders should start believing their own rhetoric. They loudly insist that hydrocarbons will be around for [Read more]
…if by conservative we mean someone who is completely invested in the status quo and has no real vision for the future even as the global energy system is being transformed by new technologies, policies [Read more]
Platforms are about restoring glory of oil and gas, not helping Canada become a leader in the new global energy system based on low-carbon electricity, biofuels The Conservative Party of Canada will have a new [Read more]
British Columbia intends to import a lot of low-cost Western US renewable electricity over the coming years. California solar power is “very, very cheap because they produce so much of it,” says Bruce Ralston, BC [Read more]
3 things BC can do: independent agency, a lot more money, policy and regulatory changes The BC government’s decision last month to boost its support for electric vehicles by 400 per cent is a smart [Read more]
A new Alberta energy narrative: decarbonize hydrocarbon production, invest in renewable energy, electrify the Alberta economy This has been a busy few weeks for non-oil and gas energy news: the UCP government is exploring small [Read more]
The Site C dam is in trouble again. Delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, cost overruns that promise to be significant, foundation engineering problems – the now $10.7 billion price tag is about to rise [Read more]
If the Petrochemicals Incentive Program is any guide, the Kenney government plans to dress up the Chevies on the used car lot and sell them as new Corvettes. “Alberta is ready to seize the opportunity [Read more]
Faced with potentially significant market disruption from COVID-19 pandemic and energy transition, oil sands giant signals that materials, clean fuels are the future The CEOs of Suncor and Alberta Innovates published an extraordinary op-ed in [Read more]
Alberta hydrocarbon sector already has problems accessing capital. Being perceived as a climate-risky jurisdiction could dry up access to capital or raise costs of financing, causing serious consequences for Alberta economy Two weeks ago, the [Read more]
Alberta under Jason Kenney never misses an opportunity to tarnish its reputation and promote narratives that hinder, not help, the very oil and gas industry it purports to champion How much damage to its international [Read more]
Alberta oil sands companies are not reducing absolute greenhouse gas emissions, the standard required by European investors and financial institutions On Thursday, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund announced it is “excluding” four bitumen producers from future [Read more]
Instead of indulging in petty partisanship, Liberals are methodically reforming much of the federal legislation that touches the oil/gas sector On Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tied bridge financing for large oil and gas companies [Read more]
May and Blanchet are wrong, Kenney and CAPP are wrong…Canada desperately needs a third energy narrative that helps us prepare for an uncertain, volatile energy future “Oil is dead,” says Green leader Elizabeth May. “Oil [Read more]
Canadians own natural resources like oil and gas and it’s time to start thinking like owners, including coming up with a new vision for the hydrocarbon sector Are we “returning to normal” after the COVID-19 [Read more]
Canada needs a hydrocarbon “moonshot” – John F. Kennedy’s 1961 vow to put a man on the moon by 1970 – to refocus the oil/gas sector from fuels to materials Click here to read and sign [Read more]
When the biggest lobbying group for Canada’s biggest export industry can’t influence the Canadian government during the biggest economic collapse since the Great Depression, is it time to fire Tim McMillan and try a new [Read more]
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