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Dave Collyer explains why Alberta oil/gas must join global consensus on climate change

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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, […]

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Fact checking Drew Barnes: Ain’t no sunshine in that man’s talking points

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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

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Dear God, please save the Alberta energy industry from engineers, lawyers, economists and accountants

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Advice to Alberta energy leaders: Better policy ideas, better politics, stop saying stupid stuff in public, emulate Dave Collyer Are you familiar with the expert fallacy? An example is the medical doctor who thinks that because he’s a smart guy, has deep technical expertise, and works in the healthcare system that he knows all about health policy.

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Christy Clark election squeaker no threat to Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline – political scientist

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Clark could still win a majority, but even in a Liberal minority government Greens have policy priorities other than Trans Mountain Expansion British Columbians woke up not entirely sure who their next premier will be now that Christy Clark may have lost her majority last night, garnering 43 seats, one short. Albertans woke up wondering

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Fact checking Lorne Gunter…it’s the dumpster fire you always imagined

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Edmonton Sun columnist Lorne Gunter ignores basic journalism – interviewing sources, respect for facts – in recent column Canadians understand the quality of modern journalism has declined because media businesses, particularly newspapers, suffer from a broken revenue model. If you can’t afford experienced journalists, you get kids out of J-school willing to work for peanuts. –

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Interview with Tony Seba: The man who would destroy the global oil industry – Part 1

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Tony Seba predicts global oil output will fall from 100MM b/d in 2020 to 70 MM b/d because of rapid rise of EV-based “transportation as a service” If you live in Alberta or Texas or some other oil producing jurisdiction, remember this name: Tony Seba. The Stanford University lecturer released an extraordinary study last week in

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Why isn’t Notley pursuing ‘neatbit by rail’ for oil sands bitumen?

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Notley government says it focused on growing pipeline market access, no plans for neatbit by rail Albertans are mad in news stories and op-eds, they’re mad in the Legislature, and, boy, are they ever mad on social media. Many believe they traded a carbon tax for pipelines. So, Premier Notley, where are the pipelines, they ask? You

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Alberta banks weather oil patch downturn much better than expected

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“After banks and investors are satisfied, they might have some revenue to start hiring people.” – Mark Salkeld, PSAC The past two years have been rough for Alberta, with oil prices in the tank and oil patch capital investment down by more than two-thirds. But for provincial financial institutions, the situation has been manageable. Not

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