Vancouver opponents won’t forget about Trans Mountain, Liberals have the right message, Tory votes might be available “How are the [BC Trans Mountain Expansion] protesters going to keep this issue alive when the next election is [Read more]
Social media controversy over Bernard the Roughneck appearance led to death threats, usual extreme language Ok, stop piling on Bernard the Roughneck. Yes, he really is a rig worker, not an actor, and putting a human [Read more]
During energy transition from oil to alt fuels, producing and exporting oil to drive economic growth/pay for transition is reasonable compromise My wife and I often stroll the picturesque beaches of Semiahmoo Bay with our little [Read more]
Energy industry has to woo “soft political middle” so Trudeau Liberals have enough “legitimacy” to approve pipelines I got myself in hot water with a couple of columns lately. One argued that oil and gas [Read more]
Dear Oil Sands Boosters; You know who you are: Ezra Levant, Cody Battershill, Gwyn Morgan, Brett Wilson, Vivian Krause, Patrick Moore, Claudia Cattaneo, and the legion of Albertans who agree with you. I regularly read your [Read more]
Canadian oil and gas industry is caught in 1950s time warp, incapable of innovative communications with Canadians If you ever wondered why the oil and gas industry does so poorly with the Canadian public, look [Read more]
Lesbian meme created by gay oil sands activist Robbie Picard, who thinks buying OPEC gas supports repressive, anti-LGBTQ regimes The Facebook meme that accompanies this column has raised a lot of hackles on social media. Our [Read more]
Oil sands producers will concentrate on expanding existing facilities, production to rise 1M b/d by 2025 – IHS Oil prices are near levels where Alberta oil sands operators will consider expanding production, according to presenters [Read more]
Canadian wind/solar generation will rise from 5.2% to 7% by 2020, growth remains flat from 2020 to 2040 Why all the fuss about renewable energy in Canada? A new report from the national regulator shows [Read more]
Social media comments suggesting Fort McMurray residents got what they deserved for supporting oil sands are despicable It happens every time: Natural disasters get used to score cheap political points. But is it fair to point out [Read more]
NDP convention resolutions routinely ignored by Saskatchewan NDP governments, why not Alberta? Wow, wasn’t that some convention this weekend? Rachel Notley was thundering for pipelines. The federal NDP responded by endorsing the schizo-anarchist climate change strategy [Read more]
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]
The Notley evidence: Favourable royalty review, climate change policies designed to increase oil sands market access, pipeline coalition building Back in May, I wrote a column about the Alberta oil and gas royalty review that still makes [Read more]
Rachel Notley’s quiet Energy East diplomacy starting to pay off, but Brian Jean’s hardline comments may damage Eastern political support Someone needs to tell Wildrose Leader Brian Jean his shrill demands for the Canadian government [Read more]
Canada did not become an energy superpower. Instead, it is what it has always been: a dependent supplier to the American behemoth Last Sunday, four Big Oil CEOs in expensive suits stood behind Alberta Premier [Read more]
Many observers, including President Barack Obama, believe transition from Age of Fossil Fuels to Age of Clean Energy has already begun David Suzuki’s recent comments equating the Alberta oil and gas industry to American slavery [Read more]
Alberta’s new climate strategy goes much further than Obama – includes carbon tax, oil sands emissions cap Something momentous happened in Canada yesterday. No, it had nothing to do with hockey or moose. But it had [Read more]
New governments in Alberta and Ottawa will cut energy-based GHG emissions in return for pipelines, market access Let’s get one thing straight: President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline is not about facts or [Read more]
Reality of fracking and earthquakes less serious, more complex than eco-activists claim Recent controversy about fracking-induced earthquakes in NE British Columbia illustrates how North American environmental NGOs use junk science and exaggerated claims to distort the public [Read more]
National energy strategy gives Alberta framework within which to work out compromise between energy development, climate change As of this morning, Canada has a new national energy strategy. Why should anyone care? Because it turns out that [Read more]
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