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‘The Drop in Oil Price Means We Need More Action on Climate Change Not Less’
‘The Drop in Oil Price Means We Need More Action on Climate Change Not Less’ This month, a powerful article in Nature highlighted yet again that most of the world’s oil, coal and gas needs to stay in the ground, if we want to prevent dangerous climate change. This is the “unburnable carbon” analysis that President Obama and Bank […]
The most important thing to understand about the coming oil production cutbacks
The most important thing to understand about the coming oil production cutbacks What the current oil price slump means for world oil supply is starting to emerge. “Layoffs,” “cutbacks,” “delays,” and “cancellations” are words one sees in headlines concerning the oil industry every day. That can only mean one thing in the long run: less […]
One of These Things Is Not Like The Others: IEA’s January Report
One of These Things Is Not Like The Others: IEA’s January Report Remember the Sesame Street song? One of these things is not like the others, One of these things just doesn’t belong, Can you tell which thing is not like the others By the time I finish my song? OK. Which curve on […]
Alberta One Of Hardest Hit By Lower Oil Prices
Alberta One Of Hardest Hit By Lower Oil Prices The week ending Jan. 17 was a bad one for Alberta, the Canadian province that once was enjoying an oil boom. Schlumberger, the oil services giant in Canada’s west, cut spending dramatically, postponed projects in the region and announced 9,000 layoffs for its worldwide operations. Suncor Energy […]
Is Keystone Still Viable Amid Low Oil Prices?
Is Keystone Still Viable Amid Low Oil Prices? On Monday the Keystone XL pipeline project crossed another hurdle when legislation approving construction of the proposed line to connect Canadian oil sands crude with Gulf Coast refineries was passed by the United States Senate. The bill sailed through 63 votes to 32 in the Senate, which […]
Subsidy Spotlight: Publicly Funding a Utah Disaster in the Making
Subsidy Spotlight: Publicly Funding a Utah Disaster in the Making A green stegosaurus graces the logo of Uintah County, Utah, a gateway to the famed Dinosaur National Monument, where breathtaking landscapes and fossils preserved in sandstone attract thousands of visitors every year. That logo has taken on new meaning over the past decade as prehistoric remains […]
2015: The Year We Turn Away from Tar Sands
2015: The Year We Turn Away from Tar Sands In 2014 Naomi Klein popularized the term “blockadia” in her book This Changes Everythingusing the term as a sort of catch-all to describe the grassroots insurgency emerging across the globe in the face of extreme energy development. This past year also saw the continued desperate push by tar […]
In 2014, Canada Lost Its Reputation as a Environmentally Friendly Liberal Wonderland | VICE | United States
In 2014, Canada Lost Its Reputation as a Environmentally Friendly Liberal Wonderland | VICE | United States. A recent column in the Canadian Press by Alexander Panetta examined the changing reputation of Canada to our lovely American friends. His central thesis is that Canada, once known as a liberal haven thanks to its free health care and […]
Joe Oliver concerned about a Canada divided over energy – Business – CBC News
Joe Oliver concerned about a Canada divided over energy – Business – CBC News. Finance Minister Joe Oliver says he is concerned that divisions within Canada over the energy sector will eventually hold back the country’s growth. In a year-end interview for The Exchange with Amanda Lang, Oliver cited opposition to fracking and to pipelines in […]
Flashpoint Issue 2015: Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline | Environment News Service
Flashpoint Issue 2015: Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline | Environment News Service. WASHINGTON, DC, December 29, 2014 (ENS) – A renewed battle over the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is shaping up for the new year in North America. The Republicans, who favor the Alberta-Gulf Coast pipeline because of the jobs and energy security they […]
Energy East Pipeline is Unsafe and Unwanted | Stéphane Brousseau
Energy East Pipeline is Unsafe and Unwanted | Stéphane Brousseau. TransCanada’s strategy to hoister its Energy East pipeline on the Quebec public has been unmasked, and Quebecers don’t buy the company’s sales pitch. Quebec citizens, not to mention citizens worldwide, have done their homework and based on the science, the facts and the statistics are keenly aware […]
The Canadian government’s crazy approach to tar sands pollution | – Environmental Defence
The Canadian government’s crazy approach to tar sands pollution | – Environmental Defence. Yesterday in Parliament, Prime Minister Stephen Harper called regulating the largest source of carbon emissions in the country, the oil and gas sector, “crazy.” Twice. In one fell swoop, the leader of our country broke three promises to Canadians and the rest of the […]
We Forget All Too Fast Just How Quickly It Can Hit The Fan | Zero Hedge
We Forget All Too Fast Just How Quickly It Can Hit The Fan | Zero Hedge. Via Mark St.Cyr, Currently there is probably no other great divide in opinions than the current state of oil and all it entails. (well maybe gold but that’s for another column) I believe there’s not only two sides to […]
Naomi Klein: Reject Keystone XL Pipeline, We Need Radical Change to Prevent Catastrophic Warming | Democracy Now!
Naomi Klein: Reject Keystone XL Pipeline, We Need Radical Change to Prevent Catastrophic Warming | Democracy Now!. House lawmakers passed legislation Friday to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline to bring carbon-intensive tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada, to the Texas Gulf Coast. The Senate is expected to vote this week on a similar pro-Keystone […]
Canadians, Stay Strong Against the TransCanada Pipeline | Ben Gostschall
Canadians, Stay Strong Against the TransCanada Pipeline | Ben Gostschall. I am first and foremost a rancher. I am now also an anti-pipeline activist. I was 10 years old when I started my own herd of cattle on my family’s ranch in Nebraska. I learned early on from our 75-year history of ranching about the value of […]
