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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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Opinion: Banking on LNG exports is a high-risk gamble for Canada’s future growth

April 23, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on April 23, 2025. By Michael Sambasivam  As Canada’s greatest ally has decided to break our trust and bare its teeth, Canadians have made clear a desire to [Read more]

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Opinion: Carney’s ‘Canada Strong’ rally taps into today’s existential crisis, sets the tone for the next one

April 21, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on April 21, 2025. By Mitchell Beer With the polls closing in eight days, we took a long weekend road trip to staid, suburban Ottawa. A boisterous [Read more]

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Opinion: Coal in Alberta – Neither public outrage nor waning global demand seem to matter to Danielle Smith

April 14, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on April 14, 2025. By Ian Urquhart  “We heard you, Albertans.” With those words, Alberta Energy Minister Brian Jean put coal mining in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains back on the table last [Read more]

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Opinion: U.S. tariffs are about to trigger the greatest trade diversion the world has ever seen

April 14, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on April 14, 2025 By Wolfgang Alschner United States President Donald Trump’s tariffs have shaken the global trading system. Canadians have rightly been preoccupied by the tariff’s devastating impact [Read more]

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Opinion: On climate and energy, Canada needs pragmatics, not performance pieces

April 14, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on April 13, 2025. By Mitchell Beer There’s still a long way to go before the votes are counted in Canada’s April 28 federal election, longer still [Read more]

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Opinion: GHG emissions likely to rise if Conservatives win April 28 election

April 10, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on April 9, 2025. By Emma Starke, Katya Rhodes Reducing Canada’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is not rocket science. Our policies need to make climate-related pollution more expensive [Read more]

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Opinion: Canadian EV associations and owner groups letter to federal political party leaders

April 8, 2025 Energi Staff

Calling on Federal Political Parties to Support the Electrification of Transportation and Electric Vehicle Adoption We, the electric vehicle (EV) associations and owner groups from across Canada, representing the interests of a rapidly growing population [Read more]

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Opinion: Canada’s energy security depends on political coordination, not power lines: Lourie

April 4, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on April 4, 2025. By Chris Bonasia As concerns over Canada’s energy security spark renewed interest in a national electricity grid, an energy expert says political coordination—not [Read more]

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Opinion: Walk the line, add interties to boost Alberta grid security

April 4, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on April 4, 2025. By Jason Wang, Scott MacDougall Alberta’s power grid is essentially an electricity island, isolated from its neighbours except for three small connections. Adding [Read more]

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Opinion: If it comes to it, Canadian courts can and must be ready to resist U.S. annexation

March 31, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on March 26, 2025. By Gib van Ert, Robert J. Currie, Allan Rock Late in 2024, the incoming president of the United States, Donald Trump, began calling for [Read more]

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Opinion: Low-carbon trade is Canada’s trump card over Trump

March 31, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on March 30, 2025. By Mitchell Beer With Donald Trump’s preposterously-named “Liberation Day” tariffs set to take effect this Wednesday, April 2—and Politico reporting that no one in the [Read more]

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Opinion: There is an alternative to trying to pipeline our way out of Trump’s crisis

March 24, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Policy Options on March 24, 2025. By Lana Goldberg The leaders of three major federal political parties have raised the prospect of resurrecting failed pipeline projects such as Energy East and Northern Gateway, [Read more]

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Opinion: As the U.S. drives backwards, Canada must pull ahead

March 21, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Pembina Institute on March 21, 2025. By Hongyu Xiao The road ahead for Canada’s transition to electric vehicles is not without challenges, but the opportunity remains clear. While uncertainty [Read more]

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Opinion: Hydrogen falls short as a practical, cost-effective fuel

March 18, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on March 18, 2025. By Michael Barnard – Energy Mix Guest Writer Hydrogen has often been hailed as a fuel of the future, promising a clean and versatile [Read more]

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Opinion: Trump’s potential embrace of ‘continentalist geopolitics’ poses grave risks to Canada

March 17, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on March 17, 2025. By Michael Williams In the few weeks since United States President Donald Trump returned to the White House, world leaders and commentators have struggled [Read more]

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Opinion: A least-cost energy strategy would bring Carney’s climate policy home

March 17, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on March 17, 2025. By Mitchell Beer Prime Minister Mark Carney and his new cabinet took office Friday with some tough, momentous questions on their agenda, most [Read more]

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Alberta needs a Plan B

by Markham Hislop in 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]

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