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 […]
Ethics and Justice
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 […]
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, […]
Alberta Wildfires and Climate Change
Alberta is entering forest fire season again. As this post goes live, 108 active wildfires blaze across the province, over a burn area exceeding 375,000 hectares. Thirty-one of these fires are considered out of control. […]
Jean L’Hommecourt Wants You to Know What the Oil Sands Are Doing to Her People and Their Land
Jean L’Hommecourt is an Indigenous Denesulinè, a registered member of Treaty No. 8, an activist and a member of Keepers of the Waters board of directors. And she has a lot to say about what […]
Got Climate Anxiety? Alberta Millennials, I Found the Cure
Do you ever feel climate anxiety? As an Alberta millennial, I know I do, at least sometimes. But I also know there’s a cure, because I’ve found it — climate activism. As a millennial who […]
A Letter to Alberta Parents and Grandparents
Alberta parents, it’s time we talk about climate change and our province’s greenhouse gas emissions. Recently I took care of my young adult son as he weathered a brief illness. There wasn’t much I could […]