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1. 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 ...

2. 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 ...

3. Ottawa introduces new rules for energy sector at worst possible time

   Last month, the Trudeau government released rules, part of the new federal regulatory process under Bill C-69, requiring certain projects including new mines, power plants, pipelines, airports, oil and gas projects, and railways to ...

4. 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 ...

5. IPCC uses worst-case scenario to exaggerate emission forecasts

   Since the 1980s, ranges of projection were systematically too high. ...

6. Canada can manage the risks of reopening while pursuing growth and prosperity

   The potential climatic warming effect of carbon dioxide was understood by the late-1800s. ...

7. Teck decision underscores investment crisis in Canada

   Appeared in National Newswatch, February 27, 2020 Canada has massive investment potential. We have an abundance of natural resources, one of the most highly-educated populations in the world, and reside next to the world’s most successful economy. We are ...

8. Time to fight the climate extremists who seek to burn things down

   Appeared in the Sudbury Star, February 10, 2020 Last year—2019—was the year the climate issue took a sharp turn towards extremism. Let’s hope 2020 is the year sanity makes a comeback. There have long been three groups occupying the climate issue. To avoid ...

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 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 ...