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Why Donald Trump will try to declare victory in Iran well before November

April 1, 2026 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on April 1, 2026. by John Duncan The Iranian regime is certainly brutal. But it’s also powerful as it continues to project its might after a month of illegal air strikes [Read more]

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Ontario’s nuclear push risks another costly policy failure

March 20, 2026 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on March 20, 2026. By Samuel Buckstein Nuclear power is experiencing a resurgence worldwide and Ontario is no exception. The province has a long history with this awesome [Read more]

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Fossil Industry Distortions Make the Energy Transition Harder to Imagine

February 9, 2026 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Feb. 8, 2026. By Gavin Pitchford I was absolutely gobsmacked earlier this week by just how pervasive certain myths are, and realizing how much work we [Read more]

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7 certainties about energy for this age of uncertainty

January 27, 2026 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Jan. 19, 2026. By Fatih Birol, Executive Director The energy sector, like many others, is contending with a blizzard of uncertainties, complicating the work of [Read more]

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Venezuela attack, Greenland threats and Gaza assault mark the collapse of international legal order

January 7, 2026 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on Jan. 6, 2026.  By Jorge H. Sanchez-Perez The American invasion of Venezuela — along with fresh threats to annex Greenland — provide the world with a unique opportunity to perform a [Read more]

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Maduro’s capture: ‘Trump has taken an unprecedented and very risky gamble’: Historian

January 7, 2026 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on Jan. 7, 2026. With Jacob Blanc The United States military recently carried out a covert operation to capture and then remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, transporting [Read more]

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Opinion: Why Mark Carney’s pipeline deal with Alberta puts the Canadian federation in jeopardy

December 10, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on Dec. 10, 2025. By Stewart Prest The recently struck memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Canada and Alberta is a high-stakes strategy that risks deepening already deep divides in Canadian [Read more]

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Opinion: What is going on with Alberta’s climate-change strategy?

November 3, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on Nov. 3, 2025. By Lennie Kaplan Alberta’s climate-change strategy, the emissions reduction and energy development plan (ERED), announced with fanfare by the Smith government in April 2023, seems to [Read more]

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Letter to the Editor: Officials and media must stop misstating Aboriginal title law

October 24, 2025 Energi Staff

By Scott Janzen Rob Shaw’s recent article repeats a serious legal error introduced by Attorney General Niki Sharma and amplified by BC Conservative Leader John Rustad. Both stated that Aboriginal title “cannot displace private property [Read more]

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Opinion: As oil market surplus keeps rising, something’s got to give

October 17, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Oct. 17, 2025. By Toril Bosoni, Head of Oil Industry and Markets Division Oil surplus hits the water The global oil market may be at [Read more]

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Opinion: Bulldozer or bystander? Canada’s stakes in the new global economy

September 23, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on Sept. 9, 2025. By Rachel Samson Big changes are coming to the global economy and the stakes are high for Canada. Over many decades, we have built [Read more]

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Opinion: Only targeted industrial policy will fulfil Canada’s value-adding potential

September 12, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on Sept. 8, 2025. By Jim Stanford Canada has long striven to be more than a mere supplier of raw resources to more developed trading partners. From the [Read more]

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Opinion: Industrial policy and Canada’s uncertain future

September 8, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on Sept. 5, 2025. By Steve Lafleur Donald Trump’s re-election as president of the United States has left our entire country in a state of flux. His tariffs on [Read more]

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Opinion: How to drive Africa’s energy transition

September 4, 2025 Energi Staff

By Anibor Kragha External expectations have framed Africa’s role in the energy transition for years. Despite facing different realities, such as limited infrastructure, restricted access to capital, and less influence in global energy policy, it [Read more]

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Opinion: When ‘nation-building’ goes wrong: Carney, Hodgson must think bigger than LNG exports

September 2, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix Weekender on Sept. 1, 2025. By Mitchell Beer With Prime Minister Mark Carney and Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson just back from their liquefied natural [Read more]

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Opinion: Why the federal government must act cautiously on fast-tracking project approvals

June 3, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on June 3, 2025. By Mark Winfield The acceleration of federal approvals for “nation-building projects” was the major theme of this week’s first ministers meeting in Saskatoon. A rush to [Read more]

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Opinion: Alberta has long accused Ottawa of trying to destroy its oil industry. That’s a dangerous myth

May 8, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on May 8, 2025. By Ian Urquhart “Alberta is a place soaked in self-deception.” Those words began Alberta-based journalist Mark Lisac’s 2004 book aimed at shattering the myths that have [Read more]

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Opinion: Mark Carney wants to make Canada an energy superpower — but what will be sacrificed for that goal?

May 5, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on May 5, 2025. By Leah Levac, Jane Stinson, Leah M. Fusco Canada’s recent federal election was regularly dubbed one of the most consequential of the last 50 years. [Read more]

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Opinion: Trump is serious about annexing Canada. How will climate and energy policy bring us the allies we need?

April 28, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on April 26, 2025. By Mitchell Beer This Weekender mostly combines material we published in late February and early April, but the context is a bit more urgent…again. [Read more]

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Opinion: Green hydrogen for energy was a story we told ourselves

April 25, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on April 24, 2025. By Michael Barnard – Energy Mix Guest Writer The French philosopher Bruno Latour once said technology doesn’t succeed because it works. It succeeds because enough [Read more]

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