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1. Government sits idle as pipeline obstructionists wage war

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Sun, September 11, 2019 Once again, a small group of anti-pipeline activists have thrown another roadblock at the proposed Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion. Lest anyone has been living in a cave or out of the country for a few ...

2. Clouds may be breaking over Alberta’s oil and gas sector

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, August 28, 2019 The troubles of the oil and gas sector continue to plague Alberta. The province’s unemployment rate (as of July) was stuck at 7 per cent, better than the 9.1 per cent of October 2016, but well above the 5.2 ...

3. Environmental Defence goes on the offence

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, January 23, 2019 In a refreshingly candid editorial by Joshua Buck, the Alberta climate manager for Environmental Defence, Buck validates what critics of Alberta’s climate change policies have said all along: Nothing Alberta ...

4. Here, Alberta, have another hurdle

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, January 16, 2019 According to news reports, the National Energy Board (NEB) is adding a new hurdle in the path of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project that it would require the creation of a marine mammal protection ...

5. B.C. pipeline protests a harbinger of things to come

   The pipeline has been described as an liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline, but according to the project website, it will transport regular slightly-pressurized natural gas to a LNG facility in Dawson Creek. The pipeline had successfully ...

6. With latest Keystone court ruling, the oil blockade continues

   With his recent ruling, which again delays TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline project pending further environmental review, Montana District Court Judge Brian Morris has thrown yet another wrench in the gears of Canada’s oil and gas ...

7. Pipeline crunch sending crude to markets—by truck

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, November 7, 2018 In a report from Bloomberg News, Robert Tuttle shows the level of absurdity reached in Canada, where clogged pipelines and a slow-to-respond rail system have led to a new thing—the long-haul transportation of ...

8. Alberta can help alleviate energy poverty at home and abroad

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, August 29, 2018 Bjorn Lomborg, author of “ The Skeptical Environmentalist ” and president of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, recently published an excellent essay on energy poverty. Lomborg makes many important points, but ...

9. U.S. judge deals another blow to Canadian pipeline plans

   Here in Alberta, it’s often said, pace T.S. Elliot, that April is the cruelest month because it teases us with hints of spring, only to cruelly dash our hopes with snowfalls and freezes. Now Albertans have reason to find this April ...

10. Understanding the significance of the Kinder Morgan decision to suspend the Trans Mountain pipeline

    The decision by Kinder Morgan to suspend all non-essential spending on its Trans Mountain pipeline despite regulatory approval is yet another sign of the significant problems in Canada’s energy sector and indeed our broader economy. Fraser Institute ...