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Saudi King Salman’s Asian trip an effort to win friends, avoid price wars

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King Salman looking to wow Asian investors in Aramco IPO, maintain market share The political sands continue to shift in the Middle East as King Salman, Saudi Arabia’s octogenarian monarch, began an epic tour of Asia March 1 looking to shore up political alliances and retain market share for the kingdom’s oil ahead of Saudi Aramco’s public […]

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Trump handcuffed by energy and climate jurisdiction, long-term trends

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Primary energy regulation by states, industry already adopting cleaner, more efficient technologies While President Donald Trump continues to suck the oxygen from news cycles with controversy after scandal after midnight twitter war, the American oil and gas industry is preparing for a steady as she goes approach to energy and climate policy. This may surprise

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Should European Union look to Trudeau for global climate leadership?

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Trudeau is far more pragmatic than Obama, supporting pipelines and oil sands development The European Union appears to think Justin Trudeau embodies the kind of climate leadership once provided by Barack Obama. Maybe they should listen to more Trudeau speeches. The Canadian prime minister and the former American president have subtle but important differences in their

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Solid-state EV battery breakthrough from Li-ion battery inventor John Goodenough

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Analysts warn that innovation in the lab could take 15 years to become a viable commercial EV battery John Goodenough may have done it again. Thirty-seven years after co-inventing the technical breakthrough that made lithium-ion batteries commercially viable, the 94-year old engineering professor has developed a solid-state battery he thinks will solve the high cost and

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Canadian Energy Politics for Dummies, a refresher for the rest of us

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Almost all senior Canadian governments base their policies on the energy transition model Canadian energy politics is intense – and growing more intense every year – and confusing, partly because the Alberta-based oil and gas industry is fighting a rearguard action against governments and voters, who largely support the long-term transition from fossil fuels to

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Calgary MP Len Webber must apologize for linking pipeline approval and BC opioid crisis

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“If you’re willing to make it easier for us in Alberta, we can make it easier for you to put in safe injection sites throughout the country.” – Webber If you’re an Alberta Member of Parliament, like Calgary’s Len Webber, not antagonizing BC voters ahead of building a crucial West Coast pipeline seems, well, obvious.

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Shannon Phillips lays out case for Alberta climate policies, oil sands expansion

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Alberta government, industry goal is to reduce oil sands GHG levels to that of conventional oil A common view in the Alberta oil patch is that the NDP are anti-oil sands and that eco-activist ideology is driving the Climate Leadership Plan. Environment Minister Shannon Phillips went out of her way to dispel that view Monday during a Markham On

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Dear Vancouver, Burnaby: You can’t give us one lousy pipeline? – Justin Trudeau, Rachel Notley

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Canada, BC and Alberta have compromised to make Trans Mountain possible, now it’s time for Vancouver, Burnaby to compromise, too Canadian federalism has always been about regions. individual provinces, and the national government compromising to get things done. During the 150th anniversary of the nation, the mayors of Vancouver and Burnaby need to relearn their

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