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  1. Fast-growing developing countries will spur demand for oil for decades

    When people tell you the future is free of fossil fuels, you should direct them to this report by BP on future oil demand. It features a great chart showing the projected oil demand to 2040 by a dozen different estimates (by different ...

  2. Electric vehicles still not pulling their weight

    Buyers can score rebates of up to $5,000 off the cost of EVs. ...

  3. Sobeys joins foolish war on plastic

    Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, August 7, 2019 The newest front in the war on plastic is coming courtesy of the Sobeys grocery store chain, which will become the first Canadian grocer to end the use of plastic bags. Sobeys said the move will take 225 ...

  4. Report swings and misses at carbon price 'myths'

    In a previous blog post, I explored whether the “10 Myths about carbon pricing in Canada” recently published by the Ecofiscal Commission were really all that mythical. The previous post looked at myths one to five. This post will look at ...

  5. Time to rollback NDP’s onerous energy regulations

    Appeared in the Calgary Sun, February 20, 2019 With the election of Premier Doug Ford, Ontario has embarked on a near-Trumpian crusade to cut red tape and lower tax burdens. In Alberta, Premier Rachel Notley has taken the province in the opposite ...

  6. Activist ‘wall’ thwarting oil exports to countries other than the U.S.

    Appeared in the Red Deer Express, November 23, 2018 President Trump of course wants to build a wall across the U.S. southern border. Progressives (and some conservatives) have largely stymied President Trump on getting his wall built. Ironically, however, ...

  7. Time to rollback NDP’s onerous energy regulations

    Appeared in the Calgary Sun, July 25, 2018 Recently in Ontario, Premier Doug Ford summarily scrapped Ontario’s cap-and-trade program, which would have burdened Ontario companies with costly carbon accounting and sent millions of Ontario’s dollars to ...

  8. Canada’s Climate Action Plans: Are They Cost-effective?

    Four provinces in Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec) have promulgated “action plans” to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These plans have several broad components. There is a carbon pricing component; there are assortments of energy ...

  9. Ontario cap-and-trade—high cost, little environmental benefit

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, June 4, 2017 Recently, the Windsor region’s Chamber of Commerce joined other forces across Ontario to demand the province kill its cap-and-trade program due to concerns over the program’s potentially devastating economic ...

  10. Canada’s carbon pricing—bait and switch

    Appeared in The Hill, May 14, 2017 Canada is being touted as a potential “international beacon” of greenhouse gas (“carbon”) pricing, as several provinces, and the Canadian federal government, have implemented it in several forms. In The Hill recently, ...