Août 29, 2016 3:19PM

Emissions cap in Alberta—high cost, little benefit

Kenneth P. Green, Taylor Jackson

The Alberta government plans to cap greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the province at 100 megatonnes (Mt) annually.

Étiquettes:

rachel notley, emission reduction, GHG emissions, oilsands, oil and gas, alberta economy

Août 19, 2016 8:21AM

More pipeline obstructionism from British Columbia

Kenneth P. Green

Moving oil by rail is 4.5 times more likely to result in an incident or accident than moving that same oil by pipeline.

Étiquettes:

pipelines, Gregor Robertson, bc economy, oil and gas, oil-train derailments, oil tankers

Août 16, 2016 3:00AM

Energy poverty widespread in Atlantic Canada, with no end in sight

Kenneth P. Green

Adding more renewable electricity generation will not help Atlantic Canadians already burdened with high energy prices.

Étiquettes:

energy poverty, renewable energy, carbon pricing, nova scotia, new brunswick, newfoundland, prince edward island

Juillet 11, 2016 1:24PM

So much for lower taxes on Canada’s middle class

Charles Lammam, Ben Eisen, Milagros Palacios

The CPP tax increase is just one of many tax increases imposed by the new federal government on middle-income Canadians.

Étiquettes:

canada pension plan, CPP, Justin Trudeau, bill morneau

Juillet 6, 2016 12:30PM

Actually, fossil fuels won’t stay ‘in the ground’

Kenneth P. Green

Article notes fast-growing demand for energy from countries in the developing world.

Étiquettes:

environment, GHG emissions, climate change, anti-energy activists

Juillet 4, 2016 1:22PM

World should target conventional air pollution

Kenneth P. Green

IEA report eschews revolutionary “all renewables” language and talks about energy production that is less polluting.

Étiquettes:

air pollutants, air pollution, china, India, GHG emissions, soot, environment policy

Juin 30, 2016 3:00AM

Three Amigos climate agreement—the good and the not-so-good

Kenneth P. Green

Agreement includes a continued obsession with electric cars.

Étiquettes:

climate change, GHG emissions, Justin Trudeau, barack obama, carbon emissions

Juin 24, 2016 3:00AM

Ontario Climate Action Plan—subsidizing electric cars is a costly approach to emissions reduction

Ben Eisen, Taylor Jackson

Ontario will pay $247 million for a 0.03 per cent reduction from their 2014 emissions level.

Étiquettes:

ontario debt, kathleen wynne, GHG emissions, climate change action plan, climate change policy, electric cars

Juin 8, 2016 3:00AM

Shifting climate policy focus—from mitigation to adaptation

Kenneth P. Green

The United Nation’s favoured approach would require massive wealth transfers and be wildly unpopular.

Étiquettes:

climate change, climate change policy, greenhouse gas emissions, GHG emissions, kyoto protocol, justin trudeaul

Juin 1, 2016 4:57PM

Governmental report reads like more environmentalist wishful thinking

Kenneth P. Green

Ontario’s aggressive green-energy/green-tech approach led to soaring power prices for Ontarians.

Étiquettes:

climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, green energy, renewable energy

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Environment

Emissions cap in Alberta—high cost, little benefit

More pipeline obstructionism from British Columbia

Energy poverty widespread in Atlantic Canada, with no end in sight

So much for lower taxes on Canada’s middle class

Actually, fossil fuels won’t stay ‘in the ground’

World should target conventional air pollution

Three Amigos climate agreement—the good and the not-so-good

Ontario Climate Action Plan—subsidizing electric cars is a costly approach to emissions reduction

Shifting climate policy focus—from mitigation to adaptation

Governmental report reads like more environmentalist wishful thinking

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