Opinion & Analysis
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AsiaBitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentMiddle EastOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States
EXCLUSIVE Alberta Alert: Dead Mines Walking?
One week ago, the price American refineries will pay for a barrel of Alberta bitumen fell to just below US$30. A seismic jolt raced ... -
AsiaBitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentLegal & RegulatoryMiddle EastOpinion & AnalysisTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States
EXCLUSIVE: Panic in the (Oilpatch) Suites
Last August 30 was not just a ‘wake up and smell the coffee’ moment for federal and Alberta politicians pushing to accelerate future tar ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCanadaChinaEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsEuropeFinance & InvestmentOpinion & AnalysisPost-Carbon TransitionSolarUnited States
EXCLUSIVE: Stalled U.S. Tailpipe Standards Could Trigger the Next Auto Industry Bailout
The green transition in China, the world’s largest energy consumer and vehicle market, is unfolding at a faster rate, and with greater intensity, than ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatBitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryMethaneOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil SandsWater
13-Point ‘To-Stop List’ Offers Trudeau a Way Forward After Trans Mountain
While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet try to patch together a to-do list to salvage the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in light ... -
CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Culture, Curiosities, & HumourEncoreEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesLegal & RegulatoryOpinion & Analysis
Beer: Dodge’s ‘False, Frightening Narrative’ Suggests ‘People Will Die’ in Trans Mountain Protests
A recent opinion piece by ex-Bank of Canada governor David Dodge, asserting that killing off a few “extremists” in the Burnaby Mountain protests might ... -
CanadaClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEncoreEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail Transport
Justin Trudeau: The Speech He Never Gave
Imagine this scenario: At 12:40 PM on Tuesday, May 29, 2018, Finance Minister Bill Morneau abruptly cancels a widely expected announcement that the government ... -
Air & MarineAsiaBitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
EXCLUSIVE: New Ship Fuel Rules Could Sink Tar Sands/Oil Sands Expansion
The law of unintended consequences may soon cause serious collateral damage to Alberta’s tar sands/oil sands ambitions, and the planned Trans Mountain and Keystone ... -
AsiaBitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxCoalEncoreEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyJobsMethaneOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsSupply Chains & ConsumptionWater
EXCLUSIVE: Justin Trudeau’s Devil of a Pipeline Deal
Kinder Morgan has signed a contract for 75% of the segments for its Trans Mountain pipeline to be produced by a company controlled by ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsOpinion & Analysis
Exclusive: Outside the Bitumen Bubble
Despite new ultimatums from Ottawa, Alberta, and Kinder Morgan, take a deep breath, Premier Horgan. Hold your ground. Follow the molecules, not the money. ... -
Exclusive: Ditched Bitumen Desperately Seeks True Commitment
Tripling the capacity of the Trans Mountain pipeline to Vancouver, and building the Keystone XL to Texas tidewater, are deemed imperative. But if those ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsOpinion & Analysis
EXCLUSIVE: Out of the LOOP: The Fatal Flaw of Alberta’s Oil Export Expansion
Two weeks ago, the first supertanker capable of holding two million barrels of oil departed for the first time from America’s newly upgraded—and only—terminal ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationJobsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOpinion & Analysis
‘Pathetic’ Energy Program Budget Delivers 56¢ Per Ottawa Resident, No Program Staff
It’s time for the City of Ottawa to properly fund and staff an energy transition initiative that elected officials claim to see as a ... -
CanadaCitiesFinance & InvestmentLegal & RegulatoryOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National Governments
Analysis: Kinder Morgan Wins a Round, But Pipeline Still Isn’t a Done Deal
Fossil industry media and climate community listservs erupted late last Thursday with the news that a National Energy Board (NEB) panel had sided with ... -
AfricaAuto & Alternative VehiclesBioenergyCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEuropeFinance & InvestmentHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisSolarWind
Analysis: Shell’s Big Climate Announcement Promises Only Small Investment Boost, Conditional Carbon Reductions
Royal Dutch Shell pledged last week to cut its net greenhouse gas emissions 20% by 2035 and 50% by 2050, while investing US$1 to ... -
Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesJobsOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisPost-Carbon TransitionSmall Island StatesUnited States
Analysis: Nuts-and-Bolts Details Will Determine Paris Agreement’s Success
A key takeaway from this year’s United Nations climate change conference (COP 23) is that, when it comes to putting a practical foundation under ...
