Category Archives: General Politics

On Jason Kenney’s threat to shut off Vancouver’s gasoline supply

Posted on March 7, 2018 by

In the last week Jason Kenney was on a West Coast swing as part of his continued attempt to replace Rachel Notley as Premier of Alberta. During the trip Mr. Kenney repeatedly threatened to stop the flow of oil to … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Politics, General Politics, Pipelines, Trans Mountain, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Are we getting a balanced story from the media on Site C

Posted on September 21, 2017 by

This morning I turned on my radio to listen to Jon McComb do a piece on the Site C dam with his special guest “international energy expert” Robert McCullough, the Peace Valley Landowner Association’s hired gun from Oregon. Now from … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Politics, Climate Change, General Politics, Site C | 3 Comments

On the Wilderness Committee’s sophomoric screed against the oil sands

Posted on July 1, 2017 by

Recently, I was directed to a sophomoric screed prepared by a climate campaigner at the Wilderness Committee. The paper (or possibly fundraising pamphlet?) “Time’s Up for the Tar Sands” represents some of the worst writing I have recently encountered on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Politics, Climate Change, Climate Change Politics, General Politics, Uncategorized | 8 Comments

On the costs of fighting climate change and the Site C dam

Posted on June 10, 2017 by

The other day I was invited to present some information about the Site C Dam for a local news broadcast on Global BC. After a telephone pre-interview, I met a reporter for an interview on tape. After asking all the … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Politics, Climate Change, General Politics, Site C, Uncategorized | 7 Comments

On those proposed Northwest refineries, neatbit and the Trans Mountain expansion project

Posted on May 31, 2017 by

As everyone interested in Canadian oil production knows, the new NDP/Green coalition (or not-coalition as the case may be) in BC has made one of the core planks of their agreement a promise to block the construction of the Kinder … Continue reading →

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The climate crew: alienating allies and fighting the wrong fights

Posted on April 29, 2017 by

As readers of this blog know, I am a pragmatic environmentalist. I believe in the dangers of climate change and unlike most of my critics, I live a low-carbon lifestyle and have actually helped achieve policies that reduced my province’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Politics, Climate Change, Climate Change Politics, General Politics, Uncategorized | 41 Comments

No, the area to be flooded by the Site C Dam could not feed 1 million people

Posted on April 27, 2017 by

One of the reasons I started this blog is to advance the idea of evidence-based environmental decision-making. As such I have spent a lot of time dealing with topics like the Site C Dam project where so much ridiculous information … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Politics, Climate Change, Climate Change Politics, General Politics, Site C, Uncategorized | 40 Comments