Oil Firms Coined “Social License” And Decarbonization Hype
Let's pretend we don't know who brought the term "social license" into the conversation aboid Canadian oil and gas, and who ran ads on every major platform promising decarbonization of production. Neither came from politicians. Both came from consortia of oil and gas companies.
FDI
Anyone else surprised at the relative slopes in the FDI graphs between 2005-2015 vs 2015-2025. https://t.co/tlWbOdmfMF
Canadian Oil CEOs Reject Carbon Tax, Seek Investment
No one talks down the value proposition for Canadian oil and gas more than Canadian oil and gas leaders.
Energy Data Suffers From Painfully Short Time Series
It will never stop being depressing that we have such short time series for important energy data. This is all the data that's available in one series. Thanks for very little, @StatCan_eng. https://t.co/aohxEtK5sC
Calls to Revive National Energy Program with Added Cleaning Reserves
There's always at least one who wants a return to the National Energy Program, except with the addition of whatever "cleaning reserves" are.
Canada's Energy Regulator Grants Pipeline Builders Entry Rights
Y'all are going to be big mad when you learn about right of entry provisions for the construction of pipelines in the Canadian Energy Regulator Act. https://t.co/bTzN0OWdPh
Toronto's Small Share Raises Questions on Cost, Impact
Interestingly, this throws a massive dart at Toronto's proposal. The Toronto CMA is about 1/5th of Canada's population, so it does make one wonder how much Toronto's program is going to cost and/or how little it will be able to...
Open‑Enrollment Energy Markets Course Launches at UAlberta
For the first time, I am teaching an open-enrolment course at @ualberta. This class is open to students and members of the community and is targeted at those looking for an introduction to energy markets, policies, and trends. Poster by...
Freight and Small Food Plants Exempt From Carbon Tax
Dear @TheTorontoSun, you keep publishing this and it remains incorrect. Freight transport is not subject to the industrial carbon tax. Also, almost all food processing plants are too small to be covered by industrial carbon pricing. https://t.co/abpQeVfFMS
US Chicken Prices Outpace Canada, Now Converging Post‑pandemic
I thought (likely incorrectly) that fans of the @FoodProfessor might like some context, so I made a couple of graphs. US chicken prices have increased far faster than Canadian prices in recent years and have basically tracked Canadian prices for...
Worker’s Agenda Omits Oil Tax, Mirrors Lewis Platform
I can't find the proposal for an oil and gas export tax in the Worker's Agenda? And, more importantly, is the @ABFedLabour opposed to any new fossil fuel infrastructure? Because that's what's in Lewis's platform. https://t.co/ngYuBaCqtY
Industrial Carbon Tax: Key Tool for Climate Mitigation
I am going to use this as an auto-reply on stories about the role of the industrial carbon tax. https://t.co/ZcVNH2IkKS
Truckers Face $6K Rise From Carbon Tax Hike
Dear @SenatorWallin, you should learn what is covered by the industrial carbon tax. I challenge you to show a calculation that the April 1 increase in the industrial carbon tax increases costs to truckers by $6k. Please show how those...
New Bill Mirrors Referendum Topic, Questioning Vote Relevance
This is now the second piece of legislation introduced on a topic directly addressed by one of the 56,432 referendum questions to be put to Albertans this Fall. Perhaps the answers to those questions are not the point?
Past Oil Subsidies and Costly Refinery Warn Against Expansion
We had a policy of discounted domestic oil prices once. It was called the National Energy Program. Ask your AB caucus colleagues about it. And, we did build a refinery a decade ago and it ran billions over budget....