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1. Sorry, Premier Notley, you can’t have your own facts

   Alberta’s new premier, Rachel Notley (pictured above), has stirred up a bit of controversy over the way she has portrayed Calgary’s environmental record. In remarks made during a televised appearance, Premier Notley compares Alberta to ...

2. Pope’s enviro-encyclical fallible in so many ways

   As pretty much everyone in the world knows by now, Pope Francis published an encyclical recently On Care for Our Common Home, which discusses all things environmental—climate change, of course, but also air pollution, water pollution, sustainable ...

3. Canada’s greenhouse gas story: better than advertised

   Appeared in the National Post A new report from the government of Canada, on Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 to 2013, is making news. And as usual, the bad news leads. The media focus is on the probability that Canada will miss its Copenhagen ...

4. Oil-train derailments in Canada expose folly of anti-pipeline movement

   Appeared in the Financial Post Four recent oil-train derailments—two in the United States and two in Canada accompanied by yet another drive-by rhetorical smear of the Keystone XL pipeline by U.S. President Barack Obama—have re-invigorated the debate over ...

5. Keystone: Obama’s slow motion Kabuki theatre

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun On Feb. 24, President Barack Obama vetoed Senate Bill 1, a.k.a. “ The Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act.” Mr. Obama’s action was not only predictable, it was virtually inevitable given a) the political polarization in the ...

6. Ontario's 'carbon tax' offers no benefit

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun With a call-for-comments, Ontario released its Climate Change Discussion Paper on Feb. 12. The plan is essentially a laundry list of public policies that have been sought by environmentalists and allies for decades: smart ...

7. Energy Transportation and Tanker Safety in Canada

   With several rapidly industrializing emerging economies, world energy demand is booming and this growth trend is projected to continue for several decades to come. Liquid fossil fuels are and will con¬tinue to be a primary component of global energy ...

8. Managing the Risks of Hydraulic Fracturing

   Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is a relatively new application of several old technologies used in oil and gas extraction that has made it possible to unlock large quantities of natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons—fuels that can be used to access new and ...

9. Who Could Object to a Carbon Tax?

   Appeared in The Province, Huffington Post, and Okanagan Saturday, Dec 5, 2014 Carbon taxes are back on centre stage in Canada, after a new “bipartisan” Ecofiscal Commission came out in favour of the idea. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is also talking ...

10. Alberta needs to heed the lessons of Ontario

    Appeared in the Financial Post Since taking office in mid-September, Alberta’s new Premier Jim Prentice has talked an active game on the energy file. From the perspective of those who believe that Canada’s energy exports are vital to the country’s ...