We need the emissions cap
Conservatives love rhyming slogans. Alberta’s Conservative government has come up with a dandy in their latest fight with the feds: “scrap the cap.” The cap…
Why there should never have been an oil sands industry
I believe in free markets, at least for most commerce. As do most Albertans. Partly because they believe a free market in oil made them…
Oil’s OPEC advantage over renewables
Oil companies have been up and down about investing more of their profits in green energy. Having made promises to do just that, recently they…
COP28 and the great transition
Maybe it took an oilman to do it. When Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber of the United Arab Emirates was appointed President of the UN Climate…
Public health and corporate iniquity
Forty-one states and the District of Columbia have sued Meta, owner of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, accusing it of using features that hook children…
The IPCC and the Alberta perspective
On March 20 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the final instalment of its Sixth Assessment Report. The report resulted from the work…
We are so very rich
The money just rolls in—$892 per second. We are wallowing in it. Alberta’s non-renewable resource revenue for the 2022/23 fiscal year is the highest in…
Time to hit the oil companies up for some clean-up money?
The oil companies are rolling in it. According to the Pembina Institute their free cash flow will add up to $153-billion this year, the highest…
Finally, a true accounting from Alberta’s GHG emitters?
Alberta’s government and its oil companies are playing a bit of a shell game with GHG emissions. The story for the public is that the…
Another dazzling bust to boom for Alberta
Having lived in Alberta on and off for over 60 years, I’ve seen my share of boom and bust cycles, perhaps our most well known…
Alberta—big winner of Covid relief
The Covid pandemic has, among other things, reminded us that we are indeed “all in it together,” requiring government leadership and assistance unprecedented in recent…
Albertans support net-zero by 2050, but …
A recent survey by Janet Brown Opinion Research, commissioned by the Pembina Institute, showed some encouraging attitudes of Albertans toward climate change. For example, two-thirds…