Opinion & Analysis
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CanadaClimate Action/"Blockadia"Climate Impacts & AdaptationCulture, Curiosities, & HumourEuropeLegal & RegulatoryOpinion & AnalysisPost-Carbon Transition
Loevinsohn: Climate Resilience Matters, But Resistance Begins in the Courts
I was on Vancouver Island this August. The haze that dimmed noon to dusk and that drove air quality off scale—the worst on the ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCulture, Curiosities, & HumourEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Analysis: Alberta Misses Out on Grown-Up Conversation About Fossil Transition
With Albertans voting tomorrow in the province’s 30th general election, most of the punditry and virtually every opinion poll reinforce the popular wisdom that ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsCoalEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Analysis: If Kenney Takes Alberta, Trudeau Finally Gets to Make a Decision
With Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party (UCP) looking virtually certain to win the Alberta provincial election next week, news analysts are beginning to weigh ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesBitumen BubbleCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyDemand & DistributionFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportShale & FrackingTar Sands/Oil SandsUnited States
Fossil Analysts Blame Global Transition, Not Federal Policies, for Canadian Industry’s Woes
A strange, new tone is emerging in the day-to-day news chatter about Canada’s oil and gas sector: after years of blaming regulatory rules and ... -
Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyNuclearOpinion & AnalysisUnited States
Hot Garbage Grifters: SNC-Lavalin’s Plan to Turn Nuclear Waste into Long-Term Gold
If it is true that one person’s garbage can be another’s gold, then Montreal-based multinational SNC-Lavalin and its new U.S. partner, Holtec International, plan ... -
CitiesEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentHuman Rights & MigrationJobsOpinion & AnalysisPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
Risks of Higher Emissions, Community Impacts Add Complexity to Green New Deal
With Congressional Democrats planning to “go on offence” on climate change in hopes of mobilizing younger voters, the Green New Deal unveiled last month ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxEnergy PoliticsLegal & RegulatoryOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail Transport
SNC-Lavalin and Trans Mountain: Two Sides of a Counterfeit Coin
In an analysis for The Energy Mix, award-winning investigative journalist Paul McKay traces the parallels between the SNC-Lavalin scandal that has transfixed Canada’s capital ... -
BioenergyCCS & Negative EmissionsDrive to 1.5Energy PoliticsHuman Rights & MigrationHydroNational Plans & ResponsesNuclearOpinion & AnalysisPost-Carbon TransitionUnited States
Green New Deal Risks Splitting U.S. Climate Community Over Timelines, Targets
The prospect of a comprehensive Green New Deal to drive rapid decarbonization and create jobs in the United States has been receiving considerable air ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaEnergy PoliticsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & DivestmentFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyOil & GasOpinion & AnalysisSub-National GovernmentsTar Sands/Oil Sands
Beer: If Fossils ‘Don’t Need Handouts’, Let’s Do Something About Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Federal Opposition leader Andrew Scheer’s mid-December claim on behalf of Canadian fossils that “we don’t need handouts” was a great invitation to rescind the ... -
CanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsOpinion & AnalysisPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National Governments
10 Arguments for Carbon Pricing: ‘Don’t Throw Any Tool Out of the Toolbox’
After a multi-year fight for political acceptance, carbon pricing is suddenly under attack from all sides of the political spectrum. Lyn Adamson, co-chair of ... -
CanadaCulture, Curiosities, & HumourFinance & InvestmentFirst PeoplesLegal & RegulatoryMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOpinion & AnalysisPipelines/Rail TransportShale & Fracking
Pipeline Investment ‘Goes Palliative’ in Wake of Unist’ot’en Blockade
Two separate news outlets are declaring the end of pipeline investment in Canada, while several focus in on the differences in jurisdiction between elected ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCanadaChinaEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobsOpinion & AnalysisPost-Carbon TransitionSupply Chains & ConsumptionUnited States
GM Plant Closure Shows Industry Transition Catching Canada, Ontario Flat-Footed
The more than 2,500 workers at General Motors’ 65-year-old auto assembly plant in Oshawa, Ontario were among the casualties earlier this week when the ... -
Auto & Alternative VehiclesCanadaEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentOpinion & AnalysisPost-Carbon TransitionSub-National GovernmentsTransit
Dubitsky: Lost Opportunities Show Cost of Canada’s Moribund Cleantech Manufacturing Strategy
While General Motors is tying its decision to close its Oshawa, Ontario manufacturing facility to the rise of electric and autonomous vehicles, GM is ... -
Bitumen BubbleCanadaCanada's Pipeline-Climate Policy ParadoxEnergy PoliticsEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentJobsMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasOpinion & Analysis
Opinion: Canadian Fossil Swings at C-69, Misses the Point on Crashing Global Markets
In a hyperbolic opinion piece this week for the Financial Post, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers pivots from the curious notion that a ...
