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1. Canadian governments should discard ‘climate policy’ stew and start over

   Hard emission caps degrade the value of carbon taxes and regulations. ...

2. Federal government continues misguided war on plastic

   Approximately 93 per cent of all plastics dumped into the sea come from 10 rivers in Asia and Africa. ...

3. Death of Keystone increases risk to people and the environment

   Oil moved by rail is 4.5 times more likely to experience some kind of accident in transit than oil moved by pipeline. ...

4. Texas provides cautionary tale for Alberta and the planet

   Wind and solar power are unfortunately unreliable and require backup power sources. ...

5. Keystone XL—perhaps Canada’s last great pipeline project

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, January 27, 2021 The Biden administration’s long-anticipated termination of the Keystone XL pipeline project puts the cap on what may become the definitive icon of environmental project killing. Much has already been written, ...

6. Climate change—to pay, or not to pay?

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, December 4, 2019 With the holidays fast approaching, you may have missed the latest (and final) report from Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission, a “group of experienced, policy-minded economists,” which admitted that all those ...

7. Minor tweaks won’t fix major flaws in Bill C-69

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, November 27, 2019 Bill C-69, which restructures the environmental assessment process for proposed energy projects, is in the news again. In the wake of the federal election, talk of western alienation, and Prime Minister ...

8. Alberta must continue to cut ‘green’ red tape

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, November 19, 2019 The Kenney government is reportedly merging Alberta’s two departments responsible for environmental monitoring and climate change policy. One might think the overlap in areas of interest is obvious, but not ...

9. Our policymakers can learn from Japan’s ‘nuclear’ response

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, November 13, 2019 A recent study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research shines a light on a public policy phenomenon that does not get enough attention—the “unintended consequences” of hasty policymaking. The ...

10. Will the last energy company to leave Alberta please turn off the lights

    Appeared in the Calgary Sun, November 6, 2019 Another day, another announcement that a Canadian oil and gas company is heading for greener pastures. Last week, Encana, one of Canada’s oldest and most iconic energy companies (Encana is an abbreviation of ...