Tag: Drew Barnes
Wildrose calls Sturgeon Refinery a ‘boondoggle’ but unity partner PCAA launched project
North West Refining says Sturgeon Refinery fully operational in Q2 2018, processing tolls in line with 2013 estimates “Never say ‘whoa!’ in a mud hole,” was one of folksy conservative premier Grant Devine’s favourite sayings while he was destroying Saskatchewan’s public treasury during the 1980s. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley finds herself in a similar situation […]
Dave Collyer explains why Alberta oil/gas must join global consensus on climate change
Part 1 of a fascinating interview with Dave Collyer, who has sobering advice for Alberta oil/gas industry “When it comes to carbon, the horse has bolted the barn.” That’s how Dave Collyer, former president of the Canadian Assoc. of Petroleum Producers, begins our interview. Collyer is a bit of a maverick in politically insular Alberta, […]
Fact checking Drew Barnes: Ain’t no sunshine in that man’s talking points
Nothing Drew Barnes said in Thursday’s Question Period is accurate, knowledgeable, or insightful Drew Barnes is the Wildrose energy critic, which is a pretty busy job given the size of the Alberta oil patch and the aggressive new energy and climate policies of the Rachel Notley NDP government. A reader sent me a Hansard link to […]
Notley energy policy a big success, where are the Wildrose alternatives?
Alberta oil and gas industry is warming to Notley government as energy, climate policies bear fruit In Jan. of 2016 I wrote a column entitled, “Is Notley NDP the most pro-Big Oil government in Alberta history?” Well, the verdict is in. The PCs may have spent 44 years giving the oil and gas sector what it […]
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 […]
‘Fleeing oil sands capital’ story driven by Alberta politics, media – not reality
Buying oil sands assets for $32 billion total makes CNRL, Cenovus world class energy companies Cenovus buys ConocoPhillips oil sands assets for $17.7 billion Wednesday. Last week CNRL buys Shell and Marathon assets for $14.4 billion. Are super-major oil companies fleeing Rachel Notley’s NDP government or are the sales a sign of Alberta oil sands […]
Wildrose climate denial could hurt Alberta oil sands, pipeline projects
Memo to Drew Barnes: Other provinces, US States, are listening…and Alberta needs their support So, Wildrose energy critic Drew Barnes helped fund a climate change-denying film. I’m not surprised because Barnes reflects the attitude of many Albertans. What does alarm me, though, is how Barnes and Alberta conservatives seem to think their support for climate change […]
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