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1. Reality check—there’s no ‘climate emergency’ in Vancouver

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, July 24, 2019 Recently, city councils in North Vancouver and West Vancouver declared a “climate emergency.” In doing so—unanimously, no less—they are the latest cities to jump on one of the most bizarre bandwagons of modern ...

2. Apples to Apples: Making Valid Cost-Benefit Comparisons in Climate Policy

   Climate change represents a major policy challenge and the measures being considered or enacted in Canada and around the world are potentially very costly. A basic principle in public policy analysis is that the benefits of a proposed action should exceed ...

3. Something is extreme—but it’s not the weather

   Prime Minister Trudeau said the federal carbon tax will help protect Canadians from extreme weather. ...

4. Federal 'climate' report uses natural weather events to spark scary headlines

   Appeared in the National Post, April 10, 2019 A recent report, commissioned by Environment and Climate Change Canada (also known as the federal Department of the Environment), sparked a feverish bout of media coverage. Much of it keyed off the headline ...

5. Mayors hope to shake down energy companies

   Appeared in the Vancouver Province, January 16, 2019 The West Coast Environmental Law Society, an advocacy organization based in Vancouver, has persuaded a group of British Columbia mayors and city councillors to write threatening letters to major oil and ...

6. Canadians enjoy high quality water, although poor quality more common in some rivers

   Appeared in the Whitecourt Press, December 4, 2018 It’s difficult to imagine a resource more important than clean water. This vital resource is essential for human health and contributes to economic and social well-being. To help Canadians understand the ...

7. Evaluating the State of Fresh Water in Canada

   Canadians are concerned about the abundance and quality of our freshwater resources, yet information is widely dispersed and often difficult to obtain. This study reviews a wide range of data and government reports to examine the state of Canada’s water ...

8. Canada’s climate policy mess is hardly ‘cost-effective’

   In another example of carbon-pricing confusion, the C.D. Howe Institute recently published a report, which describes the federal carbon-pricing plan as “cost-effective”—while at the same time, noting evidence that the overall policy mix ...

9. Trudeau government carbon-pricing plan not in line with Nobel Prize-winning analysis

   Appeared in the National Post, October 16, 2018 Earlier this month, Yale economist William Nordhaus won the Nobel Prize in Economics (alongside New York University economist Paul Romer) for developing a class of economic tools called “Integrated ...

10. The Magic Carbon Dividend Plan—yes, it’s too good to be true

    Appeared in the National Newswatch, October 4, 2018 Will households be better off under a carbon tax-and-dividend plan? A recent report from Canadians for Clean Prosperity, a pro-carbon pricing advocacy group, claims they will, based on an analysis by ...