Reading Time: 3 minutes The government of Premier Jason Kenney has decided to end a 44-year moratorium on open-pit coal mining in southern Alberta
Tag: Alberta environment
Who will lead Alberta to a new energy future?
Reading Time: 4 minutes How well prepared is Alberta for the disruptive change coming to the province’s energy sector?
Alberta Energy Regulator overhaul a dangerous game
Reading Time: 4 minutes Weaken the regulatory framework at your peril. Sloppy regulation begets sloppy industrial operation. And that drives investment away
Albertans can’t hide from climate change as election debate rages
Reading Time: 3 minutes Many politicians would rather look to the past than mobilize to fight our greatest challenge
Preserving Bighorn too important for political squabbles
Reading Time: 4 minutes Natural beauty distinguishes Alberta from so many places. Let’s follow the will of the majority and protect this beautiful region
Connecting the dots in the summer of smoke
Reading Time: 4 minutes Right across Canada, dramatic signs of climate change are casting a pall on the landscape
The flap over tailings pond bird deaths lacks perspective
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s just plain crazy to let ‘I-hate-oilsands’ activists frame our national energy agenda based on an immaterial number of bird deaths
Ontario, Alberta carbon tax schemes defy economic common sense
Reading Time: 3 minutes Carbon taxes should replace, not add to, existing environmental regulations and subsidies
Staking out the moral high ground in the energy debate
Reading Time: 3 minutes Othering can help understand energy discourse in Canada – and its tension and polarization – in a sector where natural sciences sensibilities ought to prevail
A pipeline straight to energy industry trust
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Alberta Energy Regulator’s new website on pipeline performance helps the public better understand crucial operating dynamics