Tag: Tzeporah Berman
Tzeporah Berman’s out as Oil Sands Advisory Group delivers report, Phillips shouldn’t repeat mistake
Alberta government must stop appointing fire-breathing eco-warriors to provincial advisory groups As of June 30, Tzeporah Berman will no longer be a member of the Alberta government’s Oil Sands Advisory Group. Let’s hope Shannon Phillips has learned a lesson about the political problems that accompany appointing extreme eco-activists to Alberta government committees. When Berman was […]
Memo to Rachel Notley: Time to kick Tzeporah Berman off Alberta gravy train
Shannon Phillips says group membership will change – now is the perfect time to fire Tzeporah Berman I’ve written three columns about Tzeporah Berman, the eco-activist gadfly appointed by Alberta Premier Rachel Notley to the Oil Sands Advisory Group two years ago. At first I supported Notley’s decision. But it soon became clear Berman is a political […]
Beware the clean energy technology ‘hype cyclers’
Hype cyclers pressure governments to enact expensive, ineffective policy to promote adoption of clean energy technologies like EVs If you spend any time on social media these days, you’re bound to come across a “hype cycler” – or herds of them, depending on your friends and followers – raving about the virtues of electric vehicles or […]
Alberta Energy clarifies Tzeporah Berman role on oil sands advisory group
Is eventual Tzeporah Berman resignation worst thing for Notley Government? Was that the strategy all along? Why did Tzeporah Berman ever agree to co-chair the Alberta Oil Sands Advisory Group? I ask this question because comments from the provincial energy minister shed new light on the eco-activist’s recent anti-pipeline comments on CBC. You can read the background to […]
To Tzeporah Berman: Fly straight or resign (or be fired) from Alberta Oil Sands Advisory Group
Government appointments carry responsibilities that must be taken seriously, not exploited to further personal political agendas When Alberta’s NDP government appointed vocal eco-activist and pipeline opponent Tzeporah Berman to the Alberta Oil Sands Advisory Group in July, I supported the move. But after an anti-oil sands outburst on CBC radio Thursday, followed by revealing Facebook comments on the weekend, […]
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