Alberta showing way by helping industry to decarbonize oil sands bitumen, Low Carbon Economy Fund should take same approach The Canadian government announced the $2 billion Low Carbon Economy Fund Thursday, hoping to support innovation [Read more]
Technical problems, state and national regulations, and insurance companies are all serious constraints to adoption of self-driving cars The world is abuzz with the prospect of fully autonomous vehicles, abandoning private car ownership for “Transportation [Read more]
Appealing to Vancouver with “rule of law” argument for Kinder Morgan support is public relations disaster waiting to happen Kinder Morgan won’t defend its own pipeline in Vancouver. Industry associations keep calling for more pipelines [Read more]
Bison project started in Alberta, prototype produced in Ontario, including 3D printed body parts The data is pretty clear that electric vehicles (EVs) are still the province of Innovators, the 2.5 per cent of consumers [Read more]
If decarbonized oil sands heavy crudes displace carbon-intense heavies from Nigeria, Venezuela etc. then its a net-carbon benefit not a “carbon bomb” When was the last you heard someone suggest that the Alberta oil sands could [Read more]
New zero emission vehicle policy could lock Canada into EV “replacement model” just as TaaS takes hold in market The Canadian government announced late last month that a national zero emission vehicle – read, electric [Read more]
IEA report shows EVs global sales and market share rising quickly but still only around 1% The global electric car (EVs) fleet rose to two million in 2016, according to the Global EV Outlook 2017 from the International [Read more]
Oilsplaining to Canadians outside Alberta antagonizes potential supporters of key energy infrastructure projects oil-splain – verb: 1. an oil industry supporter explaining the value of pipelines, oil sands, etc. to someone, typically a Canadian living outside [Read more]
Canada is #1 choice for environmentally responsible producer of oil/gas in CAPP/Ipsos global survey Jeff Gaulin says Canadian trust of the oil and gas sector – a measly 18% according to a new CAPP/Ipsos survey – [Read more]
Pipelines for greenhouse gas emission reductions – the new Canadian social contract shaping energy policy, politics A new public opinion poll shows that 84 per cent of Canadians think President Donald Trump made a mistake exiting [Read more]
Edmonton Sun columnist Lorne Gunter ignores basic journalism – interviewing sources, respect for facts – in recent column By Markham Hislop Canadians understand the quality of modern journalism has declined because media businesses, particularly newspapers, suffer [Read more]
The Solo is pricey, but time is valuable to urban commuters and Solo could save plenty in congested mega-cities like Vancouver Jerry Kroll figures the day electric cars became really cool was last August when Elon [Read more]
Whitelaw decries rest of Canada shouting at Alberta about pipelines etc., builds online platform to shout back The irony would be delicious if it wasn’t so bitter. Once again, denizens of the Calgary Bubble are [Read more]
Natural gas prices are up, prompting coal resurgence, and renewables only slowly gaining market foothold Rex Tillerson is defending President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, arguing that American greenhouse gas [Read more]
Transportation as a Service (TaaS) raises value to consumers by 10x or more – the iPhone moment For a long time now I have argued that electric vehicles (EVs) would take 50-plus years to gain [Read more]
Collyer is speaking up in Alberta about need to balance climate and energy policies – as Notley, Trudeau governments are doing Good climate policy is just good public policy these days, says oil and gas [Read more]
One more study designed to feed local media, citizens an anti-Trans Mountain Expansion story The British Columbia debate over the Alberta oil sands and pipelines has a curious twist: non-energy professionals who think because they can [Read more]
Opposing Trans Mountain Expansion is a Hail Mary play, which has 2% chance of succeeding The lines are now drawn. John Horgan will lead a BC NDP minority government committed to opposing construction of the Trans [Read more]
If Premier Horgan uses provincial powers to deny authorizations to Kinder Morgan, Prime Minister Trudeau must respond with full power of Canadian government Green Party leader Andrew Weaver says opposition to the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline [Read more]
Methane emissions regulations will be coordinated with provinces like Alberta to avoid duplication, unnecessary cost The Canadian environment department has issued new regulations to curb methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 40 to [Read more]
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