Setting record straight on oil industry’s contributions to economy
There have been some arguments that the use of fossil fuels since the industrial revolution has been tantamount to conducting a 200-year experiment on the climate. But the inconvenient truth for many is that the use of fossil fuels has reduced energy poverty and is something several countries around the world today are still working […]
Andrew Scheer has done little to deserve so much support, says Riley
CHELSEA, QUE.—Disillusionment with Justin Trudeau’s government is understandable, even inevitable. Over three years, various ethical embarrassments, policy reversals, and double messages are bound to take their toll. But what is frankly inexplicable is that Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives are either tied, or close behind, the struggling Liberals in recent polls. It raises the question: what, if […]
Feds shouldn’t let Alberta undercut efforts to lower methane emissions
All eyes are on Saskatchewan and Ontario’s plan to oppose the federal government’s coming price on carbon emissions all across Canada. But there’s another federal-provincial dispute over climate action that may surface soon: how methane emissions from the oil and gas sector are managed. Reducing methane emissions from oil and gas facilities is a no-brainer. […]
‘Just as they’re struggling to rebuild, they’re hit again,’ MP says, as constituents brace for devastating wildfire season
British Columbia is in a state of emergency for the second straight year as it grapples with controlling the wildfires that have blanketed vast pockets of the province, and one MP in the area says that while the fires aren’t as huge as last year’s, this season is breaking new records. “The smoke is literally […]
Hothouse Earth: climate change making for unwanted feedback
LONDON, U.K.—It would be churlish to ask what took them so long. Let us be grateful, instead, that the climate scientists are finally saying out loud what they all knew privately at least 10 years ago. What 16 of them are now saying, in an article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences […]
Renewable energy, not oil and gas, deserves government support: Senator Galvez
Canadians want renewable energy. A public opinion poll conducted for the David Suzuki Foundation found that 86 per cent of Canadians are concerned about climate change; renewable energy is one of our energy-hungry country’s best hopes for environmental preservation. It is clear that any government that believes environmental well-being is a priority ought to invest […]
We need energy infrastructure in the national interest
In choosing which nation building energy projects should receive government support, ideally we should begin by developing a consensus on shared goals. We should start with higher order principles. Even though energy questions are central to Canada’s economic future, we still have no energy policy. It would seem that governments, political parties and Canadians hold […]
Biofuels sector says delay to Clean Fuel Standard exposes it to election uncertainty
The renewable fuel industry is concerned over the Liberal government’s recent decision to delay past the 2019 federal election the development of clean fuel standard regulations, something the Liberals once called Canada’s “single largest emission-reduction policy.” The biofuels industry believe the delay, which extends the regulatory development timeline up to a year longer, produces more […]
Clean energy revolution is underway around the world, Canada better hop to it
TORONTO—The world is slowly but surely moving to a low-carbon economy, one where new technologies will phase out our heavy dependence on oil, coal, and natural gas and shift to clean electricity based on renewables such as hydro, solar, and wind as well as nuclear. There will be big costs—but also big opportunities—as the world […]
Natural Resources minister affirms commitment to nuclear energy, say feds are examining path forward with small reactors
A new minister is at the helm and Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi, who took over from Jim Carr on July 18, is highlighting commitments to nuclear power, renewables, increased trade in the world and between provinces, and natural gas. In an email interview with The Hill Times, Mr. Sohi (Edmonton Mill Woods, Alta.) said Ottawa is […]
