Alberta Beyond Fossil Fuels
Do you like stories? Good. True stories? Even better. Because we have an amazing story to tell you, and every single word of it is true. This blog will explore the complicated relationship between Alberta […]
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The Fossil Fuel Wagers of 2023
Watching the fossil fuel wagers of 2023 is enough to make you shake your head in frustration. With calamitous flood and wildfire seasons just behind us, one would hope for some sober, realistic restraint on […]
How Ethical Is Alberta’s Oil?
In What Is Ethical Oil?, I discussed various ways philosophers define the word ethical. Since we got this philosophy out of the way in that post, let’s get into the weeds about how Alberta’s oil […]
What Is Ethical Oil?
Petroleum industry boosters like to say that Canada should produce as much oil as possible because our ethical oil will crowd out oil from bad guys like Russia and Saudi Arabia. Suncor Energy CEO Rich […]
What the World Petroleum Congress 2023 Tells Us About the Oil and Gas Industry
The World Petroleum Congress 2023 took place in Calgary last month. Delegates talked up industry plans for the energy transition. I was outside with the rabble protesting the Congress, so I can’t report directly on […]
European Union to Push for Fossil Fuel Phase-out at COP28
The European Union will push for a global agreement to phase out fossil fuels when COP28 convenes in the United Arab Emirates on November 30. Petroleum producers such as Canada and Alberta should pay close […]
Alberta, Our Choices Matter
Few people wake up each day looking forward to a life of insignificance. On the contrary: we human beings are schemers and dreamers, and we go through life thinking constantly about our choices. Some things […]
Alberta and the Carbon Budget: An Update
The carbon budget tells us how much CO2 we can emit without pushing the world past 1.5℃ of heating. If we take the concept seriously — and we should — we have to limit the emissions […]
There Will Be Much Less Gas in Canada’s Energy Future
The recent release of the Canada Energy Regulator’s Canada’s Energy Future 2023 report provides us with a powerful tool to look into the future of energy and the economy in Alberta. As I mentioned before, […]
There Will Be a Lot Less Crude Oil in Canada’s Energy Future
Crude oil will play a declining role in Alberta’s economy and emissions profile — that’s a key message in the Canada’s Energy Future 2023 report released by the Canada Energy Regulator. In my last post, […]
Canada’s Energy Future 2023 Is a Wake-up Call for Alberta
The Canada Energy Regulator issued its latest Canada’s Energy Future report on June 20, and the document contains important news for Alberta. Our oil and gas production is set to drop sharply in the next […]