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1. Each party’s climate plan fails basic economics

   So-called “clean” energy sources will not be able to entirely replace fossil fuels in the near term. ...

2. Advocates for 1.5°C warming target ignore climate science

   On its first day in office, the Biden administration cancelled the Keystone XL pipeline. ...

3. 1.5°C global warming target based on shaky science

   The Trudeau government wants to ban gasoline-powered cars by 2035. ...

4. Off Target: The Economics Literature Does Not Support the 1.5°C Climate Ceiling

   Many advocates of government intervention to curb greenhouse-gas emissions have called for a temperature ceiling on global warming. The consensus was originally 2 degrees Celsius, but advocates of more aggressive action succeeded in shifting the goal to 1 ...

5. Heatwave sparks calls for emissions restrictions while media ignores the costs

   Canada was responsible for only 1.5 per cent of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions in 2018. ...

6. Trends in Canadian Forest Fires, 1959–2019

   In recent years, media coverage and academic discussions of extreme fire activity have fostered the belief among some Canadians that the country is suffering from a rising trend of destruction from forest fires. During the period of reliable data from ...

7. Trudeau’s ‘Clean Fuel Standard’ will likely do more harm than good

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, November 11, 2020 The Trudeau government’s proposed “ Clean Fuel Standard ” (CFS) aims to reduce annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fuels by 30 megatonnes by the year 2030. According to the government’s website, the ...

8. Dubious Paris climate goals mean major economic pain for Canadians

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, July 22, 2020 According to a new study from the Canadian Energy Centre (CEC), to achieve our Paris Agreement climate commitments, Canada will need a huge carbon tax hike, costing $54 billion in lost annual output by 2030, with ...

9. Consumers—not voters—will ultimately drive climate policy

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, January 15, 2020 Last week, the Calgary-based oilsands producer Cenovus Energy announced plans to help fight climate change by reducing per-barrel greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent by 2030, and reaching net-zero ...

10. Climate activists discard the ‘science’ for the extreme ‘unknown’

    Appeared in National Newswatch, November 8, 2019 Now that the election’s over, the Trudeau government (perhaps now in closer concert with parties across the aisle) will continue its climate policy program. It’s therefore worth noting the recent tragic ...