The nuclear threat less talked about
Amid regular tensions in the South Pacific between the United States and North Korea, there is one nuclear threat that often gets overlooked. That threat is a nuclear electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack, which has the potential to black out every power grid in the continental United States with one device. Nuclear electromagnetic pulses are created […]
Water is forgotten element in energy strategy
A growing focal point for disputes over major energy projects involves impacts to our precious water sources. Canadians, in particular Indigenous peoples, are taking action on the failure of governments and regulatory agencies to truly consider and address impacts to our rivers, lakes, wetlands, and ground water, and the communities and species that rely on […]
Hope and doubt expressed on B.C. LNG sector following Petronas cancellation
Last month, Malaysian state-owned energy giant Petronas cancelled the Pacific NorthWest liquefied natural gas project, a $36-billion venture along the British Columbia coast that sought to open up the pacific to Canadian LNG exports. The announcement came just seven days after the NDP’s John Horgan was sworn in as B.C. premier, following a long and […]
Federal government fails to see forest for the trees in caribou recovery
OTTAWA—Canada’s leading forest-products companies and the 230,000 people we employ in hundreds of communities across the country are urging the federal government to give serious thought to adjusting the procedures and timing of the Caribou Recovery Strategy to achieve a more balanced and sustainable way forward for all. We believe that the current process could […]
Canada missing out on business, emissions-cutting opportunity of LNG
Canada has a unique opportunity to use our abundant and clean-burning natural gas to offset coal-fired electricity all over the world, but it will only happen if our governments—federal and provincial—recognize that they are having a severe and negative impact on the investment necessary to help Canada realize this potential. If Canadians truly care about […]
Canada-China energy relationship expected to widen as China pours billions into clean-tech sector
In a keynote speech delivered by Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing this June, he proclaimed that Canada is “open for business.” Minister Carr led a delegation to China earlier this summer to promote investment in Canadian natural resources, with a stop at the Sino-Canadian Low-Carbon Eco-District in Tianjin, a […]
Missed LNG opportunity shows how difficult foreign investment is to get
For years, I’ve favoured making British Columbia a global leader in the production and exportation of liquefied natural gas. I still believe that Canadian LNG—the cleanest of all fossil fuels— can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in other jurisdictions, namely in Asian countries that rely heavily on coal for electricity generation. Last month, when the […]
Liberals offer mostly platitudes on transition to renewable energy
Under the previous Conservative administration, Canada’s energy strategy was whatever the oilpatch wanted—or more precisely what foreign-owned energy multinationals requested. We had no plan for carbon pricing, and Stephen Harper was content to hitch our economic wagon to fossil fuels. Talk of a National Energy Program was quickly dismissed. With omnibus budget bills C-38 and […]
Now is the time for ‘intense blue-skying’ on Canada’s future energy needs: Carr
Jim Carr says Canada’s energy standards for the future have to be set low—low-carbon, that is. The Natural Resources minister doesn’t need much prodding to detail the work being done by the Liberal government he serves in to find lucrative markets for Canada’s energy products. And his thoughts never veer far from preparing for the […]
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