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Unethical Oil

Unethical Oil Part 2: Alberta’s orphan well crisis

July 11, 2023 Markham Hislop

Unethical Oil Part 1: Alberta’s Secret Shame Alberta, industry are gambling that energy transition disruption happens closer to 2050 than 2030, with plenty of time to clean up hundreds of thousands of wells. What if [Read more]

Unethical Oil

Unethical oil: Alberta’s shameful secret

May 4, 2023 Markham Hislop

The first of a multi-part investigative report that will explore how Alberta accumulated huge environmental liabilities (abandoned wells, oil sands tailings ponds) while hiding the truth behind the myth of “ethical oil” “We are an [Read more]

Unethical Oil

Slow-walking the energy transition a mistake by Alberta oil patch

June 13, 2022 Markham Hislop

Are oil and gas CEOs devious or oblivious? “What happened over the last several years was I think there was a lot of ambition that we could really move the (energy) transition along very fast…And [Read more]

Unethical Oil

Just say no to more Canadian oil/gas exports, pipelines

March 3, 2022 Markham Hislop

Canada’s oil/gas sector (and its boosters) should focus instead on adapting to global energy transition Build more pipelines! Export more oil and gas! Canadian hydrocarbon boosters’ cries to exploit the European energy crisis are deafening. [Read more]

Unethical Oil

Let’s admit the truth: Alberta’s oil is “unethical”

March 2, 2022 Markham Hislop

Kenney using Ukraine tragedy to shill for more pipelines is despicable Will it never end? Alberta Premier Jason Kenney takes every opportunity, no matter how crass, to shill for increased oil and gas exports. This [Read more]

Unethical Oil

Hypocrisy, thy name is Jason Kenney

November 2, 2020 Markham Hislop

The ultimate Kenney hypocrisy: Saudi investor could receive $600 million to $1.2 billion of Alberta government grants Jason Kenney is courting Saudi Arabia for a $5 billion to $10 billion investment in a petrochemical plant, [Read more]

Unethical Oil

Is Enbridge secretly funding, managing pro-pipeline ‘astroturf’ group in Minnesota?

July 10, 2019 Markham Hislop

Is Canadian oil/gas, pipeline industry guilty of same sins of which it accuses Canadian ENGOs? Well, this is awkward. Only days after Premier Jason Kenney launched a public inquiry into “foreign-funding” of Canadian anti-pipeline activists, [Read more]

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The Canadian energy conversation is stuck in the wrong century

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Find Energi Media journalism in video, audio, and essays YouTube Channel: Video energy news Substack Essays: Thoughtful Energy Journalism Energi Talks Audio Podcast Real story of this energy crisis is not supply disruption, but demand [Read more]

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