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1. Gloomy report misrepresents Canada’s environmental performance

   Canada’s greenhouse gas levels have been declining since 2005. ...

2. Canada’s real environmental record (not what some would have you think)

   Concentrations of two of the air pollutants of greatest concern have generally decreased across Canada since 2000. ...

3. Troubled waters ahead for Canadian energy development

   Canada’s potential to develop energy is immense. Canada has the third largest reserves of oil in the world, and large reserves of natural gas. These large reserves have the potential to contribute greatly to the economic prosperity of ...

4. Wynne government ignores lessons from recent past on the pitfalls of cap-and-trade

   Appeared in the Windsor Star, March 2, 2016 Last week, the Ontario government released draft regulations under which 102 large industrial emitters will get free allowances to produce greenhouse gases (GHGs) at current levels in 2017 and would then have to ...

5. Keep the carbon tax but make sure it’s revenue neutral

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, March 2, 2016 British Columbia’s climate policy is at a crossroads. The government must decide how to move forward with their signature policy: The revenue neutral carbon tax. The last increase of the tax was July 1, 2012, ...

6. Ontario government’s cap-and-trade plan places politics over policy

   Back in 2009, America was pondering a cap-and-trade scheme called “Waxman-Markey,” for the names of its Congressional sponsors. As I pointed out, emission-trading systems have a decent academic pedigree. When done right, they can emulate ...

7. Fossil fuel-free activists should focus first on self-sacrifice

   UBC students, faculty and staff groups have passed resolutions calling for the university to divest itself of fossil fuel investments. This effort has not convinced the university’s board of governors. At its most recent meeting, it ...

8. Canada’s new greenhouse gas requirements will inflict widespread pain

   Appeared in the Financial Post, February 1, 2016 On Jan. 27, the federal government injected yet another syringe full of uncertainty into the country’s oil and gas sector, announcing a nebulous plan to overhaul Canada’s environmental assessment process to ...

9. New climate tests for pipelines are unnecessary

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, January 30, 2016 The federal government is about to roll out new regulatory requirements for Canada’s energy industry. The new rules will require the environmental reviews of pipelines and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals ...

10. Based on Ontario's experience, Alberta should proceed cautiously with wind, solar, etc.

    As part of Alberta’s new climate strategy, a number of complementary policies to carbon pricing were included to further contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions in the province. One of the complementary policies ...