Tag: Rachel Notley
California vs. Texas carbon pricing strategies: Notley, Kenney asking Alberta to pick one or the other
NDP policy lines up Albert with emerging Asian markets, UCP approach with existing customers in Texas, Midwest Yesterday morning I wrote about the carbon tax debate in Alberta, pointing out that Jason Kenney and the UCP were kicking the political stuffing out of Rachel Notley and the NDP on this issue. An afternoon interview with […]
Notley govt not selling carbon tax as well as Kenney is opposing it
New Alberta government carbon tax message: Asia is the future, China and India price carbon, the customer is always right Alberta’s carbon tax rose from $20 to $30 a tonne Jan. 1, setting off another political clash between the ruling NDP and Jason Kenney, one that will dominate political discourse until the provincial election in […]
CAPP misses mark with criticism of new Alberta GHG emissions reduction policy for oil and gas sector
CAPP didn’t make constructive contribution to drafting of Carbon Competitiveness Incentives, hasn’t yet completed its analysis The gloves are off. Canada’s biggest oil and gas trade group came out swinging against Rachel Notley and her Climate Leadership Plan Monday with an op-ed by CEO Tim McMillan in the Calgary Herald. With all respect to the Canadian […]
Trans Mountain Expansion given permission by NEB to ignore City of Burnaby bylaws
Burnaby says City staff processed permit requests in timely fashion, “shocked” by NEB’s Trans Mountain Expansion decision The Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline project does not have to comply with City of Burnaby bylaws, according to the National Energy Board, which issued its decision Thursday afternoon. The federal regulator says it will provide reasons for the decision at […]
Rachel Notley extends pipeline olive branch to British Columbia in major Vancouver speech
Notley’s speech emphasized Alberta commitment to combating climate change, economic benefits to all Canadians When Premier Rachel Notley announced her cross-country tour to support pipeline projects specifically, and more generally the Alberta oil and gas industry, she focused on the rule of law, an argument that sells poorly in British Columbia. But her speech to […]
How can Notley sell Trans Mountain Expansion when her pipeline job numbers are wrong?
“Half of those 15,000 jobs would be directly in construction, the rest would be indirect and induced impact.” – Michael Burt Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced Tuesday that she is embarking on a “cross-country tour” to convince Canadians that Kinder Morgan’s West Coast project must be completed, despite ferocious opposition from opponents. But the announcement […]
New federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, Rachel Notley clash over pipelines
Polling data strongly suggests Canadians support new pipelines, unlike NDP under Jagmeet Singh Jagmeet Singh doesn’t like pipelines. While running to replace Tom Mulcair, Singh came out against both the Trans Mountain Expansion and Energy East (cancelled by proponent TransCanada a few weeks ago). Now he and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley are quarrelling over Singh’s […]
$2 billion Japan Canada Oil Sands expansion ramps up near Fort McMurray
Japan Canada Oil Sands first Japanese-owned company to invest in the oil sands, starting in 1978 Premier Rachel Notley, representatives from Japan and local officials marked the opening of the Japan Canada Oil Sands Ltd. Hangingstone project near Fort McMurray, according to a press release. This Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) project is the culmination […]
The curious case of Rachel Notley’s view that BC just doing ‘due diligence’ on Trans Mountain Expansion
Is Notley incompetent? Or is her goal to keep BC Premier Horgan out of the political battle for now? Rachel Notley’s response to yesterday’s announcement that BC will use legal challenges to block the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline is curious. The Alberta premier thinks the new NDP government is just doing its “due diligence,” but […]
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 […]
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