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1. Governmental report reads like more environmentalist wishful thinking

   Yesterday, a new report from the governmental agency “Policy Horizons Canada” was obtained by the Globe and Mail, and quickly spread across the internet. I discussed the paper yesterday on my every-other-Monday spot in a segment of CBC ...

2. Alberta’s carbon tax—a $10 billion green grab

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, May 28, 2016 If anyone thought that Alberta’s climate action plan was actually about protecting the climate, Bill 20, recently introduced by Alberta’s environment minister, should lay that idea to rest. As the Globe and Mail ...

3. Notley cheers oilsands while climate panel plans future without it

   Appeared in the Financial Post, August 19, 2015 The government of Alberta has released its Climate Leadership Discussion Document, which is supposed to inform citizens about climate change and prepare them for a public opinion survey on the subject. Every ...

4. Obama’s joint announcement with China on GHG emissions an early Christmas present for environmental activists

   Appeared in the Huffington Post Environmentalists received an early Christmas present on November 12, when President Barack Obama and China’s President Xi Jinping issued a “joint announcement” over the control of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the ...

5. Climate Change: It’s Not the Science, It’s the Policy

   Appeared in VancouverSun.com The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released its latest “Synthesis Report” drawing together the findings of the most recent three-volume set of the Fifth Assessment Report. The Assessment Report is ...

6. Alberta needs to heed the lessons of Ontario

   Appeared in the Financial Post Since taking office in mid-September, Alberta’s new Premier Jim Prentice has talked an active game on the energy file. From the perspective of those who believe that Canada’s energy exports are vital to the country’s ...