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1. Carbon Pricing in High-Income OECD Countries

   Most economists consider human-made greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions an unintended negative externality of production and consumption. A negative externality occurs when the effects of producing or consuming goods and services impose costs on a third party ...

2. Trudeau government deals another blow to Newfoundland and Labrador

   Appeared in National Newswatch, October 8, 2020 Newfoundland and Labrador’s energy sector, already struggling from the downturn in world oil markets and the COVID recession, has taken another blow—this time directly from Ottawa. The Trudeau government ...

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. You can believe in climate science without supporting every proposed climate policy

   Appeared in the National Post, March 4, 2020 There’s an assumption out there that if you “accept” the science of climate change you are obliged to support drastic measures to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This is not true. One does not follow from ...

5. 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 ...

6. Wind and solar power—the myth of ‘green’ energy

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, October 9, 2019 These days, wind and solar power are constantly depicted as desirable “energy alternatives” to fossil fuels, but many Albertans and Canadians are unaware of their environmental impacts. Sure, the blanketing of ...

7. 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 ...

8. Electric vehicles still not pulling their weight

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

9. 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 ...

10. Despite court victories, carbon pricing hardly out of the woods

    Appeared in the Globe and Mail, July 29, 2019 Ottawa’s Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act has scored significant wins in two provincial courts. But the constitutional hurdles are hardly behind it. The federal carbon tax and backstop legislation, now in ...