What are Trudeau’s plans for industry side of West Coast oil spill response? The Canadian Government announced a $1.5 billion marine safety upgrade Monday and West Coast eco-activists were quick to complain the new plan [Read more]
Vivian Krause’s data is fine, but her conclusions are wrong and her work encourages industry to think of itself as a victim of American eco-activist money Vancouver blogger Vivian Krause is well known in the oil [Read more]
Polling response demonstrates once again that eco-activists and industry boosters are out of step with average Canadians What does social license for Canadian pipelines look like? If you’re Justin Trudeau, probably a lot like the [Read more]
Cautious governments advancing climate mitigation energy policies, hectored by eco-activists to go quicker and by industry boosters to go slower Understanding modern energy politics is like trying to get a handle on Middle East politics – definitely [Read more]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau widely expected to approve Kinder Morgan project to West Coast in mid-Dec. Rachel Notley’s “pipeline for carbon tax support” demand could mean one of two things: either the fix is in [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]
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]
Hamm said to be auditioning for energy portfolio if Donald Trump becomes president Bakken oil mogul Harold Hamm, the leading contender to be energy secretary in a Trump Administration, fired a howitzer across the bow [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]
Banning OPEC oil would require US, Canada to produce only 3 million b/d more of crude oil Some American oil producers have had just about enough of Saudi Arabia. They’re calling for the next President to [Read more]
Industry has already said it would reduce carbon intensity of oil sands crude, build partnerships with First Nations – Trudeau wants action On Thursday, the Trudeau Government introduced new rules governing pipeline environmental assessments. The [Read more]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Fate of Canadian pipeline proposals will determine if there is even oil sands crude to ship in Keystone XL The Keystone XL pipeline is in the news. Again. Why doesn’t TransCanada just abandon the 830,000 [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]
Tim Hortons fiasco illustrates how debased the Great Energy Debate has become The greatest challenge facing humankind – the Great Energy Debate about the evolution of the global economy – has been reduced to this: Where are you [Read more]
Comedian Scott Vrooman’s promotion of divestment movement amusing bit of schtick, nothing more The divestment movement in Canada and the United States is getting a bit of attention these days. Fortunately, universities, energy investors, and the general [Read more]
Jeb Bush says he would visit Canada within 100 days of taking office That neighbour to the north is Canada, America’s closest ally, largest trading partner, and supplier of 30 per cent of American energy. [Read more]
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