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My New Year’s wish for Canadian oil/gas: Time to ditch outdated politics

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CAPP understands link between climate policies and pipelines. Other energy associations not so enlightened My New Year’s wish for the Canadian oil and gas industry is a spanky new political worldview that embraces the energy transition, and an effective communications program that finally – finally! – engages with the Canadian public. One of the enduring […]

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Canadian oil sands should be looking forward to 2017, partly because of Alberta climate policies

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Climate policies, including a carbon tax, are price Alberta oil producers pay for pipelines Reuters is reporting that confidence is low in the Canadian oil sands industry, supposedly because of market access issues (read, pipelines) and the Alberta Climate Leadership Plan. But why isn’t anyone talking about global oil prices? This low confidence story was kicked off by Koch

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Arctic drilling ban should remain in place under Trump Administration

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Industry’s argument that Arctic drilling ban endangers national security, could raise energy prices, are suspect With the global economy awash in crude oil, the recently announced American and Canadian bans on Arctic oil and gas drilling just make sense. US President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced a ban on new oil and gas drilling in federal

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Rex Tillerson, Exxon CEO, could be steadying influence in Trump cabinet

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Rex Tillerson would bring potential positives and negatives to Secretary of State President-elect Donald Trump continues his controversial appointments – or cabinet trial balloons, in some cases – and some of them could have important consequences for the American oil and gas industry, especially if Rex Tillerson takes over at State. Exxon Mobil’s CEO is the leading

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Ezra Levant organizes a carbon tax rally that turns really, really weird

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Levant accuses AFL head of having an Ashley Madison account and a progressive blogger of planting fake offensive signs, while Bernard the Roughneck throws his shoes at the Legislature Disgruntled Albertans gathered at the Legislature Saturday afternoon to protest the Rachel Notley government’s soon to be implemented carbon tax…and then things turned weird. They were so

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Jim Carr’s promise to unleash police on violent Trans Mountain protesters not same as Standing Rock response

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Carr pledged Canadian government will encourage peaceful Trans Mountain dissent, but prosecute law-breakers A few days ago in Alberta, Jim Carr warned that law breaking protesters upset over the construction of the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline will be met with the full force of Canadian law, perhaps enforced by the military, if necessary. Opponents of the recently

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Are federal Liberals about to screw up Trans Mountain Expansion strategy?

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Vancouver opponents won’t forget about Trans Mountain, Liberals have the right message, Tory votes might be available “How are the [BC Trans Mountain Expansion] protesters going to keep this issue alive when the next election is almost three years away and nothing is going to happen between now and then?” said a Liberal with direct knowledge of

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Is Prime Minister Sunny Ways ready to play rough over Kinder Morgan pipeline?

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Justin Trudeau will try charm, but if anti-Trans Mountain protests escalate, Vancouver well see another side of Prime Minister Tuesday afternoon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau green lighted two pipeline projects, but Canadians are talking about only one: Trans Mountain Expansion from Alberta to the West Coast. Will the controversial pipeline get built? This past summer, I

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