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Waste Heat Challenge example of how Alberta oil sands will lick GHG emissions issue

August 29, 2016 JZadmin

Technology competitions like Waste Heat Challenge are terrific policy for stimulating technical innovation When Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced her climate change policies last Nov., energy industry leaders promised they would “take the carbon out [Read more]

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Nenshi, Iveson should shut up, take their cue from Notley on Energy East

January 30, 2016 JZadmin

Polarized debates around other important pipeline projects led to defeat. Lesson? Don’t polarize Energy East debte Have Alberta mayors learned nothing from the debacle that is the BC pipeline debate? Or the equally humiliating debacle [Read more]

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Neatbit by rail an alternative to oil sands’ pipeline problems to USA, Asia markets

January 18, 2016 JZadmin

Neatbit is undiluted bitumen shipped by rail in specially heated tanker cars A proposed new refinery on Canada’s West Coast may have the solution to the problems of shipping Alberta oil sands dilbit by pipeline [Read more]

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Jeb Bush releases tepid energy platform, ignores the obvious bold strategy

September 29, 2015 JZadmin

Jeb Bush had the chance to propose a North American Energy Pact, but lacked the nerve for a daring move If Republican voters are wondering why the Jeb Bush campaign is languishing, they need look no [Read more]

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Clinton’s North American Climate Compact proposal dangerous for Canada?

September 23, 2015 JZadmin

North American Climate Compact great for Clinton, perhaps not so much for Canada Tuesday Hillary Clinton shocked Canadians by coming out against the Keystone XL pipeline. The other shoe dropped Wednesday as she proposed a North American [Read more]

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Socialist candidate’s oil sands comments demand to be debated

August 22, 2015 JZadmin

Linda McQuaig is a long-time opponent of oil sands, comments surprised no one OMG, you guys, why are critics so MEAN to Linda McQuaig? She’s just telling the truth about leaving the oil sands in [Read more]

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100 scientists are wrong about the Alberta oil sands

June 11, 2015 JZadmin

Coal, not Alberta oil sands, should be focus of scientists’ campaign With all respect to the 100 scientists who released a letter Wednesday calling for a moratorium on new Alberta oil sands development, they are wrong. [Read more]

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Alberta’s new socialist premier won’t lobby for Keystone XL – and she’s right

May 15, 2015 Markham Hislop

Keystone XL won’t get approved any faster with the Alberta NDP lobbying for it Americans will be shocked to learn that voters in Alberta – often called the Texas of Canada – elected a socialist [Read more]

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Yes to Arctic drilling, no to Keystone XL – Has Obama lost his mind?

May 12, 2015 Markham Hislop

Support for risky Arctic drilling puts lie to Barack Obama environment arguments Today, 35 million Canadians are wondering if President Barack Obama needs a mental health day after his Administration approved Shell’s Arctic drilling application [Read more]

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Explaining Alberta’s new socialist government to Texans

May 6, 2015 Markham Hislop

An oil and gas royalty review, less support for pipelines, just some of issues concerned Aberta energy executives Imagine if Texas elected Bernie Sanders as governor and the State Legislature was dominated by the Socialist [Read more]

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