Tag: Climate Leadership Plan
Kevin Taft’s claim for Big Oil-controlled Canadian ‘deep state’ ignores Climate Leadership Plan
Belief in Big Oil “deep state” treads dangerously close to conspiracy theory Has Big Oil subverted democracy and installed a polite version of the “deep state” – a state within a state intended to further industry’s interests at the expense of pubic interests – in Canada? Are public institutions in Alberta “captured” by the Petroleum […]
CAPP: Alberta climate plan puts jobs, investment, emission goals at risk
“This plan doesn’t – only pit companies against each other, but communities as well.” – McMillan By Tim McMillan, president and CEO of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers We share Alberta’s desire to reduce emissions while protecting jobs and ensuring the competitiveness of the energy sector. However, the government’s model, as presented last week, […]
How Alberta, industry are about to waste the PR value of the Climate Leadership Plan
A few weeks or days before pipeline construction begins is too late to be talking up Climate Leadership Plan in Vancouver The Alberta oil and gas industry talks a lot about the cost of the Climate Leadership Plan, which is fair enough with Western Canada Select hovering below $39USD a barrel. But what of the […]
Trump can’t revive coal – and neither can Brian Jean or Jason Kenney
American experience with coal illustrates that carbon reduction, energy competitiveness go hand in hand Brian Jean probably thought Donald Trump was a gift from Heaven back in Nov. Trump promised on the campaign trail to abandon the Democratic “war on coal” and erase the regulatory burden on US oil and gas producers. The Wildrose leader immediately hitched […]
Alberta climate policies driving lower oil sands GHG emissions, production costs – CERI
Study shows the oil sands can both reduce emissions and lower production costs Is it time to change the political debate around the Alberta Climate Leadership Plan? A new study from the Canadian Energy Research Institute shows the 100 megatonne oil sands emissions cap and the carbon levy are driving the adoption of new technologies that both lower […]
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