Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta has become less attractive for investment while the U.S. is drawing more attention, thanks to Trump’s policy changes
Category: Environment
Energy debate stuck in a rut – and what we can do about it
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s increasingly clear we need to step outside the echo chambers that shape Canada’s polarizing energy narratives
The short-circuit in Ontario’s manufacturing sector
Reading Time: 3 minutes The province’s high electricity prices – driven by wrong-headed policies – are responsible for a staggering 75,000 manufacturing job losses
Trudeau, Notley said yes to pipelines, while really meaning no
Reading Time: 3 minutes While telling people that they understand the importance of the pipelines, Notley and Trudeau piled up the regulatory bricks to ensure they were not viable
Energy’s uphill battle even tougher in era of willful ignorance
Reading Time: 3 minutes Being energy-ignorant is almost fashionable in certain circles
That sound you hear is the Canadian economy imploding
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada has a growing global reputation as a place where nothing happens unless it suits a small and clamorous minority
Pipeline opponents ignore risk of rail fatalities, contamination
Reading Time: 4 minutes Those who fight pipelines and shrug at the higher risks of rail transportation are naive at best and deceitful at worst
The coffee industry is getting roasted by climate change
Reading Time: 4 minutes That’s not java jive: shifting weather patterns mean the industry faces major upheaval within a generation, even as demand explodes
Suzuki falsely accuses Canada of having poor air quality
Reading Time: 3 minutes The environmental activist’s reflexive accusations reveal a poor understanding of the data
Waste not, want not? Why we can’t stop embracing consumerism
Reading Time: 3 minutes Despite the ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ mantra, we have embraced a culture of relentless consumption and waste