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Eco-activist arguments against Keystone XL pipeline are flawed

March 27, 2017 JZadmin

If Canadian producers keep investing in new technology, Keystone XL could lower GHG intensity of heavy crudes refined on Gulf Coast In this Feb. 25, 2015 column I argued that a key point was being [Read more]

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Should European Union look to Trudeau for global climate leadership?

March 4, 2017 JZadmin

Trudeau is far more pragmatic than Obama, supporting pipelines and oil sands development The European Union appears to think Justin Trudeau embodies the kind of climate leadership once provided by Barack Obama. Maybe they should listen [Read more]

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Arctic drilling ban should remain in place under Trump Administration

December 22, 2016 JZadmin

Industry’s argument that Arctic drilling ban endangers national security, could raise energy prices, are suspect With the global economy awash in crude oil, the recently announced American and Canadian bans on Arctic oil and gas drilling [Read more]

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Obama’s energy legacy a lesson in constraints of activist policy making

November 2, 2016 JZadmin

$250 billion/year oil and gas contribution to GDP, immature clean energy tech were real obstacles to Obama energy activism With Barack Obama headed out of the White House in a few months, the punditocracy is [Read more]

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US Election 2016: Obama tap dances on energy, while Clinton’s got two left feet

August 25, 2016 JZadmin

Hillary Clinton can’t – or won’t – distance herself from anti-fossil fuel movement “Keep it in the ground” The US Chamber of Commerce has waded into the election campaign with the release of a report [Read more]

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TransCanada has ‘credible NAFTA case’ against Obama Administration for rejecting Keystone XL

July 7, 2016 JZadmin

Interesting issue is Obama Administration’s need to address perceptions of USA as committed to fighting climate change – Kronby When President Barack Obama rejected TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline proposal last year, he probably expected some sort of [Read more]

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Obama’s $10 a barrel oil tax to fund clean transportation system is bad idea, worse policy

February 4, 2016 JZadmin

Let market develop new transportation technologies – like self-driving cars – to create clean transportation system President Barack Obama has picked a very odd time to float a very bad idea: A $10 a barrel [Read more]

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Obama promotes Nigeria’s dirty oil, but rejects Keystone XL…WTH?

January 26, 2016 JZadmin

Canadian oil sands producers pledged to reduce GHG emissions, Alberta introduces strict new climate policies. What has Nigeria done to earn favored status? Now that President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are buds, [Read more]

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Obama’s ‘moonshot metaphor’ wrong way to think about energy transitions

January 12, 2016 JZadmin

Putting a man on the moon happened inside a decade, but global transition to new energy technologies may take a century Last night, President Obama promised to pursue the clean energy revolution with the same [Read more]

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Ditch coal, Buy Volts: A simple, Made in America plan to save the planet

December 3, 2015 JZadmin

Replace coal power generation with natural gas. Everyone drive Chevy Volt-style EVs. Ergo, the world consumes much less fossil fuels In his initial remarks at the COP 21 conference in Paris, President Barack Obama said [Read more]

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How Canada failing to become an energy superpower doomed Alberta to a carbon tax

November 27, 2015 JZadmin

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]

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American model of substituting natural gas for coal should be promoted by Obama in Paris

November 25, 2015 JZadmin

Power generation emissions have fallen dramatically because of American model, will fall more under Clean Power Plan Barack Obama doesn’t often take advice from Big Oil, but the American Petroleum Institute has an idea ahead of [Read more]

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Gerson is wrong, Notley climate strategy sets table for energy deal making

November 23, 2015 JZadmin

Aggressive climate strategy gives Alberta – and Notley – leverage to cut political deals with Obama, Eastern premiers The National Post’s Jen Gerson, echoing far too many Albertans, says the province’s new climate strategy is just an [Read more]

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Can Trudeau play hardball with Obama over oil sands, market access?

November 20, 2015 JZadmin

Justin and Barack hit it off over climate change objectives. Will Canada now get a new oil sands pipeline? Judging by the sidebar meeting between President Obama and new Prime Minister Trudeau at the APEC [Read more]

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Froma Harrop couldn’t be more wrong about Keystone XL, Alberta oil sands

November 12, 2015 JZadmin

Canada supplies 45% of American crude oil imports, forecast to increase in coming decades, even without Keystone XL Yesterday I wrote about how climate activist opposition to Keystone XL was part of a larger campaign [Read more]

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The real meaning behind Obama’s rejection of Keystone XL

November 11, 2015 JZadmin

White House decision about Keystone XL not about data, economics, or climate change Supporters of the Canadian oil sands on both sides of the border are in a flap after President Barack Obama denied a [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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White House needs to reset thinking on energy issues

September 16, 2015 JZadmin

Obama’s Clean Power Plan set to give energy sector huge boost by increasing natural gas sales Comments yesterday from the White House press secretary illustrate nicely the confused thinking about energy on the part of [Read more]

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Dear Pres. Obama: Better to get it right than get it fast on climate change

September 2, 2015 JZadmin

Economist Vaclav Smil says transitions to new energy sources take many decades, despite panic over climate change Has anyone else noticed the recent onslaught of shrill rallying cries for climate change action, including President Obama’s Tuesday [Read more]

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Energy should be top issue of 2016 American election campaign

August 5, 2015 JZadmin

Texas Railroad Commissioner Christi Craddick says America needs a national energy strategy. Election is the perfect time for debate about energy With the introduction of the Clean Power Plan, President Barack Obama has inserted energy squarely into [Read more]

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Notley ignores energy and loses election again. Time for a new NDP leader

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Rachel Notley is not the person to craft or deliver a new energy vision for Alberta. She has proven that repeatedly over past 4 years How do you hope to be premier of Canada’s energy [Read more]

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