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1. Federal Reforms and the Empty Shell of Environmental Assessment

   In February 2018, Catherine McKenna, the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, introduced Bill C-69, the Trudeau government’s proposal for reform to federal environmental assessment law. Bill C-69 will, among other things, replace the ...

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

   The UK MailOnline has an article that should brighten Canadian spirits—at least those in Western Canada. Environmentalists have taken to throwing around the claim that the world must leave its fossil fuel resources “in the ground.” They ...

3. Pope’s enviro-encyclical fallible in so many ways

   As pretty much everyone in the world knows by now, Pope Francis published an encyclical recently On Care for Our Common Home, which discusses all things environmental—climate change, of course, but also air pollution, water pollution, sustainable ...

4. Ontario's 'carbon tax' offers no benefit

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun With a call-for-comments, Ontario released its Climate Change Discussion Paper on Feb. 12. The plan is essentially a laundry list of public policies that have been sought by environmentalists and allies for decades: smart ...

5. 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 ...

6. Climate Policy Implications of the Hiatus in Global Warming

   The fact that CO2 emissions lead to changes in the atmospheric carbon concentration is not controversial. Nor is the fact that CO2 and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) absorb infrared energy in the atmosphere and contribute to the overall greenhouse effect. ...

7. Crude Oil Politics

   Appeared in the American Magazine The Obama administration has been punting a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline for five years now, and there’s no sign the president’s kicking leg is getting tired. At various junctures in this endless drama, the White ...

8. Jaccard J’accuse

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, Guelph Mercury, Kelowna Daily Courier and Vernon Daily Courier Back in April of 2013, NDP leader Thomas Mulcair went down to Washington to rubbish Canada's environmental reputation before its greatest trading partner. ...

9. Not-so-dedicated funds

   Appeared in the Orange County Register When pitching new programs, politicians love their 'dedicated' funds: highway trust funds, housing trust funds, environmental protection funds, wildlife-protection funds, and so on. Most recently, under AB ...

10. Critical Topics in Global Warming

    The issue of global warming is the subject of two parallel debates: one scientific, focused on the analysis of complex and conflicting data; the other political, addressing what is the proper response of government to a hypothetical risk. https://www ...