Only 18% of Canadians trust oil/gas industry, 21% have a favourable view of sector Brian Jean, who is campaigning to be the first leader of the United Conservative Party in Alberta, wants to add energy [Read more]
Threats to retaliate against BC if Horgan government inhibits pipeline progress benefits Kenney, but may harm Kinder Morgan’s construction efforts Erik Wiik is an early-30s engineer who owns a Vancouver-based small business – exactly the [Read more]
Oil sands players believe Climate Leadership Plan will help them lower production costs, crude oil carbon-intensity This weekend members of the Wildrose Party and the PC Assoc. of Alberta are deciding if they want to [Read more]
Jean deceives Albertans by distorting province’s contribution, role in equalization program “Hostility is not a good political strategy,” is how Calgary communications expert Doug Lacombe described an oil and gas industry attempt in 2015 to [Read more]
PC members appear to be Early to Late Majority Adopters, Wildrose are Laggards. Can they get along in the United Conservative Party? The Wildrose Party and PCs agreed Thursday to create a new political organization – [Read more]
Part 1 of a fascinating interview with Dave Collyer, who has sobering advice for Alberta oil/gas industry “When it comes to carbon, the horse has bolted the barn.” That’s how Dave Collyer, former president of [Read more]
American experience with coal illustrates that carbon reduction, energy competitiveness go hand in hand Brian Jean probably thought Donald Trump was a gift from Heaven back in Nov. Trump promised on the campaign trail to [Read more]
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley should spend political capital with PM Justin Trudeau to reverse Canadian Exploration Expense change Big Oil is everyone’s favourite punching bag, but when they’re right, they’re right. And this time they’re right [Read more]
Do carbon tax + climate policies + pipeline approvals = Notley NDP pathway to 2019 election success? A key characteristic of Rachel Notley’s deeply unpopular carbon tax is being ignored: while the prevailing wisdom is that [Read more]
Levant accuses AFL head of having an Ashley Madison account and a progressive blogger of planting fake offensive signs, while Bernard the Roughneck throws his shoes at the Legislature Disgruntled Albertans gathered at the Legislature Saturday [Read more]
Northern Gateway proves that if Canadian oil/gas industry doesn’t change its political narrative, pipeline projects are in danger Northern Gateway – the dead pipeline walking, the zombie pipeline – finally died yesterday at the hands [Read more]
Government appointments carry responsibilities that must be taken seriously, not exploited to further personal political agendas When Alberta’s NDP government appointed vocal eco-activist and pipeline opponent Tzeporah Berman to the Alberta Oil Sands Advisory Group in July, I supported [Read more]
Neither industry nor government has ever said climate policies were quid pro quo for pipeline social license Judging by the hysteria surrounding the arrest of a few protestors at Monday’s Energy East hearings in Montreal, Canadian [Read more]
With Wynne and Trudeau onboard, only Quebec remains as a potential political obstacle to Energy East Rachel Notley had a good day Friday. In the morning, Ont. Premier Kathleen Wynne backed the Energy East project. [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]
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