Regulators do a good job of monitoring fracking-induced earthquakes, putting mitigation plans in place In Part 1 of this column I examined how ENGOs and their “experts” used flimsy science and exaggerated claims to call for the end of fracking in NE British Columbia. In Part 2, I deflate their criticisms of fracking-induced earthquakes. There […]
Part 2 of column will show how facts don’t line up with ENGO’s version of fracking-induced earthquakes Recent controversy about fracking-induced earthquakes in NE British Columbia illustrates how North American environmental NGOs use junk science and hysteria to distort the public debate over energy infrastructure projects. The discussion was kicked off by an Aug. 17 4.6
Shale producers have plenty of room to reduce costs, small OPEC producers need high oil prices As global oil markets continue to roil, OPEC’s weak sisters are panicking and American shale producers are digging in for a long fight. Last week it was news of Algeria circulating a letter within OPEC lobbying oil ministers to restore
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Linda McQuaig is a long-time opponent of oil sands, comments surprised no one OMG, you guys, why are critics so MEAN to Linda McQuaig? She’s just telling the truth about leaving the oil sands in the ground, right? This, readers, is the sad state of Canadian political discourse. I’m referencing a recent and widely circulated op-ed in The
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Does Saudi Arabia really care which high cost oil producers go under? One analysts says, no Mark Mills has a theory about the Saudi market share strategy that goes a long way to explaining why some OPEC members are circulating a letter seeking production cutbacks and higher prices. The prevailing view is that Saudi Arabia, the biggest
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Clean Power Plan aims to eliminate Texas coal power plants, which generate 24% of state electricity We get it. Texas is really mad about Obama, the EPA, and the Clean Power Plan. But behind the bellicose rhetoric from Austin lies an interesting story about the plan’s potential benefits and pitfalls. In this three part series,
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Texas Railroad Commissioner Christi Craddick says America needs a national energy strategy. Election is the perfect time for debate about energy With the introduction of the Clean Power Plan, President Barack Obama has inserted energy squarely into the 2016 election campaign. Now, the candidates need to tell us where they stand. There is a very good argument
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Fate of Canadian pipeline proposals will determine if there is even oil sands crude to ship in Keystone XL The Keystone XL pipeline is in the news. Again. Why doesn’t TransCanada just abandon the 830,000 barrel a day project and move on? Because the Canadian oil sands is at a crossroads, that’s why. The Canadian government
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Considering the huge challenges of transitioning to a low-carbon economy will take your breath away Mayors from around the world gathered at the Vatican this week to talk about climate change and the political will needed to decarbonize the global economy as soon as possible. But is it just political will that’s lacking? One hears the argument
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National energy strategy gives Alberta framework within which to work out compromise between energy development, climate change As of this morning, Canada has a new national energy strategy. Why should anyone care? Because it turns out that if you want to build oil pipelines across the country, politics really really matter. [Ed. – Why should American readers
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