Trans Mountain Expansion, Line 3, Keystone XL, Energy East approved or in play – but will Mr. Grinch spoil the festive mood? Christmas came early for the Canadian oil and gas industry, which only a [Read more]
Rex Tillerson would bring potential positives and negatives to Secretary of State President-elect Donald Trump continues his controversial appointments – or cabinet trial balloons, in some cases – and some of them could have important consequences [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]
Carr pledged Canadian government will encourage peaceful Trans Mountain dissent, but prosecute law-breakers A few days ago in Alberta, Jim Carr warned that law breaking protesters upset over the construction of the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline will [Read more]
Vancouver opponents won’t forget about Trans Mountain, Liberals have the right message, Tory votes might be available “How are the [BC Trans Mountain Expansion] protesters going to keep this issue alive when the next election is [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]
Justin Trudeau will try charm, but if anti-Trans Mountain protests escalate, Vancouver well see another side of Prime Minister Tuesday afternoon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau green lighted two pipeline projects, but Canadians are talking about [Read more]
Energy transitions take 50 to 75 years, regulators need to be patient Outgoing EPA head Gina McCarthy says the clean energy transition can’t be stopped. API head Jack Gerard says the real energy transition is from [Read more]
Opening up the environmental review process risks having process hijacked by eco-activists Canadians lack confidence in the National Energy Board (NEB) – an assertion by eco-activist pipeline opponents which has been accepted unconditionally by the Trudeau [Read more]
Trudeau Liberals will appeal to moderate Metro Vancouver voters, tout climate policies to gain support for Trans Mountain pipeline construction A new poll suggests British Columbians are staunchly opposed to the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline [Read more]
Higher fuel mileage just leads to more miles driven, Trump plan better strategy for US energy independence How should America achieve energy independence? Donald Trump says ban OPEC imports and boost shale oil production. Energy [Read more]
Standing Rock isn’t about Dakota Access pipeline, it’s about short-sighted oil and gas industry strategy Here’s the problem with treating pipeline protests like an “ongoing riot”: What if they never stop? What if the more protesters police [Read more]
If Justin Trudeau blinks on Trans Mountain, when does he stop blinking? The Vancouver downtown buzzed Saturday afternoon with a protest march against the Kinder Morgan pipeline. Will it be enough to persuade the Prime [Read more]
IHS Markit estimates Permian Basin will produce additional 60 billion barrels of oil While the energy world has been pre-occupied with the global price rout over the past two years, the Permian Basin in West [Read more]
Harold Hamm is parochial, self-interested, and too focused on one sector of American energy industry The rancorous campaign rhetoric is behind us and President-elect Donald Trump is already moderating some of his election promises – but, unfortunately, [Read more]
Donald Trump promised to lift restrictions on domestic energy industry and ban OPEC oil from American markets Change is coming, folks. Assuming, of course, that President-elect Donald Trump follows through with the vague energy policies he [Read more]
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]
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]
A social, environmental, economic rationale for approving Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline does exist With the prospect of a green light for the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline within the next month, the release this past week of [Read more]
$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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