Markham on Energy

Preparing for low-carbon future is best way to secure future of Alberta oil Optimists think global oil demand will remain around 100 million barrels per day for another 20 years. Pessimists think the energy transition [Read more]

“The tyranny we have witnessed in Canada in recent weeks should shock and dismay people all over the world.” – former US president Donald Trump, Feb. 26, 2022 at Conservative Political Action Conference First, Donald [Read more]

“Canada’s bold policies and support for innovation can underpin a successful energy transition.” – IEA A few years ago, I asked an economist about the effect on Canadian oil producers if global demand declined from [Read more]

World leaders, especially those controlling the global economy’s purse strings, have a message for those with ears to hear: Business as usual is over, the time for bold action is now Mark Carney said yesterday [Read more]

UCP government is a laggard. Oil and gas sector is a laggard, oil sands companies are biggest laggards of all It’s one thing to promise during an election campaign that Canada will cap oil and [Read more]

The Oil Sands Pathways to Net Zero Initiative, announced June 9, may well lower greenhouse gas emissions from bitumen extraction and help Canada meet its own net-zero-by-2050 goal. Unfortunately, that is not enough. Climate change is [Read more]

Kenney and Savage are too addicted to cheap political theatre like the Allan Inquiry to provide real leadership like oil CEOs, environmental groups did in 2014 and 2015 Foreign funding of campaigns against Alberta oil [Read more]

Aerosols are the “main mode of transmission and probably the only important mode of transmission. Yet, we encounter these public health officials following outdated theories.” – Prof. Jose-Luis Jimenez Behind the scenes, mostly out of [Read more]

A couple of elections from now, plenty of Canadians are going to be driving electric cars and trucks, heating and cooling their homes with electric heat pumps, and working in industries powered by electricity. Consequently, [Read more]

Political leadership needed to push Canada’s oil/gas sector toward low-carbon business models “It is incredibly rare for an industry to get a decades-long notice that its business is under threat. Not only does the oil [Read more]

Kenney, Savage must not be allowed to hijack national energy conversation with unfounded conspiracy narratives Canada needs a “just transition” plan. The global energy transition is gathering steam and, inevitably, there will be winners and [Read more]

Is today’s energy transition unprecedented? Far from it. In fact, the 2020s are shaping up to be much like the 1920s, the “disruptive decade” of the last energy transition. If we’re looking for insights to [Read more]

The energy transition is an existential threat to the Canadian hydrocarbon sector and this is no time for innovating on the cheap Ottawa committed $100 million over four years to help lower greenhouse gas emissions [Read more]

“It is tarsands that we don’t need — that in fact is [a] very, very high pollutant” – Biden If Joe Biden triumphs on Nov. 3, he intends to cancel the permit for the Keystone [Read more]

Alberta will discover what all Western movie bad guys learn the hard way – there is always a reckoning for misdeeds Alberta released its natural gas strategy Tuesday and it reminds one of the old [Read more]

Canada has a decade to ensure it isn’t an energy transition loser and public investments like Trudeau’s infrastructure plan are critical to the country’s low-carbon competitiveness The federal government is providing $10 billion over three [Read more]

Implementing CleanBC, electrifying BC economy will be difficult – what type of electricity system is needed to properly do the job? If the NDP is re-elected, it will begin transitioning much of the provincial economy [Read more]