The federal and two provincial governments (Quebec and British Columbia) are preoccupied with climate change. They aim to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, principally carbon dioxide (CO2), to limit future global warming. What if this goal is not only...
A former Alberta cabinet minister says Canada must do a better job at promoting its energy sector and win the "war" against it. Sonya Savage, an energy lawyer with Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, was Minister of Energy and Mines from 2019 to 2022, then Minister of...
Watch on video Must we cancel fossil fuels to save the earth? No. James Warren, adjunct professor of environmental sociology at the University of Regina said so in a recent paper for the Johnson Shoyama School of Public Policy, a joint effort by his university...
Canadian Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault recently announced a plan requiring the oil and gas industry to cut CO2 emissions by more than one-third from 2019 levels by 2030. This deadline might seem far off, but it also stipulates that at least 20 percent...
For the past 14 years, Vancouver surgeon Dr. Brian Day has led the charge for health-care reform, pushing for the right of patients to pay for private care if their health and well-being are threatened as a result of waiting in a stagnant and overburdened public...
The path to net zero, based on the much disputed belief that carbon dioxide is a pollution, is more steep and impractical than most people realize. Replacing fossil fuels with clean electricity will require much more power generation and a greatly upgraded grid to...
Solar energy’s promise of a green, abundant future is captivating—but beneath the shiny panels lies a story of unreliability, hidden costs, and grid instability. Green enthusiasts endorse solar energy to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from traditional energy...
As an abused victim of natural gas markets, I can claim firsthand knowledge of the wild impact of gas market traders. What puts them into Lambos and ski chalets is volatility, and they will, hmm, help along, one could say, the wildest gyrations possible in that...
It was May, 2016, when I had the chance to ask Donald Trump if he would approve the Keystone XL pipeline. On that day in Bismarck, North Dakota, he had just secured enough delegates to become the presumptive Republican candidate for president. I asked if he would...
The use of hydrocarbons is a necessity for modern life. Climate Crusaders claim that our society could do without oil and natural gas by proceeding to a Utopia of ‘Net Zero’ by 2050, extracting CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions from the atmosphere. However, as the...
Advocates of so-called alternative energy sources promote them to diminish, if not eliminate the demonized molecule, carbon dioxide, ‘CO2’. Yet they rarely mention geothermal energy as a plausible alternative. It may be because, like most others, it is a...
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In the US resides a guy who’s academic and professional credentials are as impressive and impeccable as one can assemble in a career. His Wikipedia professional/academic bio shows top-level roles at a who’s who of globally significant institutions. Larry...
I don’t know if anyone else has noticed, but while we weren’t looking, a significant portion of our industrial base has been hollowed out. And we will likely live to regret it. While at the Lloydminster Heavy Oil Show Sept. 11-12, Mark Scholz, longtime president of...
It is encouraging to see that Premier Wab Kinew’s new energy policy acknowledges the reality of hydrocarbon fuels: Manitoba will continue to have oil and natural gas in its energy mix for the foreseeable future. Manitoba should not be in any hurry to wean itself off...