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Managing the energy transition: Pathways to Canada’s net-zero future

February 19, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews economist Jason Dion of the Canadian Institute for Climate Choices about his new report, “CANADA’S NET-ZERO FUTURE: Finding our way in the global transition.” Related links: CANADA’S [Read more]

Student Resources

Carbon pricing is over-hyped…more regulation, industrial policy needed to reduce emissions

January 20, 2021 Energi Staff 2

Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Dr. Danny Cullenward, Stanford energy economist and lawyer, and co-author with Dr. David G. Victor, of the new book, “Making climate policy work.” Related links: Klein vs [Read more]

Opinion

Opinion: The worst kind of climate policy is an uncertain one

July 22, 2019 Energi Staff

By Jason Dion This article was published by Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission on July 17, 2019. The challenge of policy uncertainty I recently discussed the Ontario government’s 2018 repeal of cap-and-trade with an executive from a large multinational [Read more]

British Columbia

BC low-and middle-class families get climate action tax credit this week

July 2, 2019 Energi Staff

This week, nearly 50 per cent of families in British Columbia will receive their climate action tax credit. The BC government says that on Friday, eligible families will see the first of four instalments on [Read more]

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Opinion

Why the Alberta carbon tax for industrial emitters works – Part 1

May 28, 2019 Markham Hislop

By Eric Denhoff Public opinion polling shows that Canadians, especially Albertans, don’t like carbon pricing. Call it a carbon tax or a carbon levy, Canadians prefer technology subsidies and regulations to pricing greenhouse gas emissions, [Read more]

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The Deeper Picture

Alberta carbon tax deep dive: Not a job killer, competitive advantage for oil sands producers

November 14, 2018 Markham Hislop

No evidence to support claim that carbon tax is a “job killer” (Tombe), but there is a good argument that it’s an oil/gas “job saver” (Leach) Carbon tax (also called carbon pricing or carbon levy): [Read more]

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News

Slim majority support feds’ carbon pricing plan: Angus Reid

November 2, 2018 Energi Staff

A recent study by the Angus Reid Institute finds that 54 per cent of Canadians are inclined to support the Trudeau government’s carbon pricing plan.  CaptainKimo.com photo. At least two-thirds in both Alberta and Saskatchewan [Read more]

Opinion

Top 5 reasons why carbon pollution pricing is good for Ontario

October 31, 2018 Energi Staff

Last week the Canadian government announced there will be a federal carbon pollution pricing system in place in Canada starting next year and will affect provinces that have not already set up their own carbon [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Why are the oil sands CEOs not at Energy Relaunch? Calgary Bubble needs new blood, new voices

October 24, 2018 Markham Hislop

Headliners at the Energy Relaunch conference Thursday in Calgary at the Metropolitan Conference Centre Energy Relaunch would benefit from more outward looking, forward thinking panelists – like the Alberta oil sands CEOs – instead of [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Please stop listening to Kenney, CAPP on Canadian carbon tax policy

August 2, 2018 Markham Hislop

Ottawa tinkers with carbon tax regulation to better protect 4 Canadian sectors from foreign competitors not subject to carbon pricing…nothing to see here, folks Critics of carbon pricing have got themselves into a bit of [Read more]

Markham on Energy

Notley needs new narrative for Alberta carbon tax, poll shows. She has plenty of stories to tell if she chooses to tell them

July 26, 2018 Markham Hislop

Carbon pricing will give oil sands producers competitive advantage in new markets, funds diversification into petrochemicals, basis of “carbon for pipelines” deal with Trudeau Yet another poll shows that Canadians hate carbon pricing – cap-and-trade, [Read more]

Markham on Energy

What about oil sands CEOs? Jason Kenney says ‘elite commentators’ pushing carbon tax rejected by Alberta voters

July 14, 2018 Markham Hislop

Was Prentice preparing to introduce a province-wide carbon tax in Alberta if re-elected in 2015? Stephen Harper says “the media” is trying to bring down Jason Kenney. The UCP leader himself says elite commentators – [Read more]

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Opinion

Opinion: Alberta is emerging as an energy efficiency leader

May 28, 2018 Energi Staff

By participating in programs offered by Energy Efficiency Alberta, Albertans can see a net financial benefit from the carbon levy, as the bill savings offset the levy costs.  SolarAlberta.ca photo. A new energy efficient economy [Read more]

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Canada

Environment Canada study says carbon pricing works, reduces pollution while growing economy

May 1, 2018 Energi Staff 2

80% of Canadians live in jurisdictions with a price on carbon pollution in 2017 A new analysis by Environment and Climate Change Canada says that pricing carbon can significantly reduce carbon pollution while maintaining a [Read more]

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News

EU must set minimum carbon price: French President

March 23, 2018 Energi Staff

French President Emmanuel Macron (left) made his remarks concerning an EU carbon price while at a conference in Brussels, ahead of a summit of EU leaders.  Emmanuel Macron Twitter photo. EU carbon price would tax goods [Read more]

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News

West Coast governments to cooperate on climate change, environment, trade

March 19, 2018 Energi Staff

Washington state Governor Jay Inslee (left), BC Premier John Horgan (centre) and Matt Rodriquez, California Secretary for Environmental Protection (right) discussed climate change, environmental protection trade and the overdose crisis at the PCC meeting in Vancouver [Read more]

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Markham on Energy

Canadian oil sands should be looking forward to 2017, partly because of Alberta climate policies

December 24, 2016 JZadmin

Climate policies, including a carbon tax, are price Alberta oil producers pay for pipelines Reuters is reporting that confidence is low in the Canadian oil sands industry, supposedly because of market access issues (read, pipelines) and [Read more]

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Markham on Energy

Ezra Levant organizes a carbon tax rally that turns really, really weird

December 4, 2016 JZadmin

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]

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Markham on Energy

The politics of carbon taxes…it ain’t pretty

November 8, 2016 JZadmin

If Washington voters don’t approve carbon tax, is it likely other states or feds will introduce one in near future? Washington state environmentalists are clashing over a carbon tax proposition that will show up on [Read more]

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Markham on Energy

Brad Wall anti-carbon tax argument not likely to sway majority of Canadians

October 14, 2016 JZadmin

Canada can’t buck international trend to mitigate climate change, plenty of evidence carbon taxes do work, plenty of evidence carbon capture doesn’t work The emerging Canadian anti-carbon tax champion is Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, who [Read more]

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Slow-walking the energy transition a mistake by Alberta oil patch

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Are oil and gas CEOs devious or oblivious? “What happened over the last several years was I think there was a lot of ambition that we could really move the (energy) transition along very fast…And [Read more]

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