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Category Archives: Pipelines
On the IISD’s misleading calculations of Canadian fossil fuel subsidies
There are few topics that raise the ire of activists more than the idea of subsidies for oil and gas companies. Listen to an activist talk and you will invariably hear a comment about oil and gas subsidies and how … Continue reading
Posted in Pipelines, Uncategorized
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Debunking more misinformation about the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project. Some simple facts about bitumen, heavy oil, and Asian Markets.
As someone interested in evidence-based decision-making there are few topics as frustrating to discuss as the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) project. The reason for this is that the media landscape is so completely full of misinformation and bad information … Continue reading
Posted in Pipelines, Trans Mountain, Uncategorized
23 Comments
Another look at the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project from the lens of a pragmatic environmentalist
This week the Federal cabinet will decide whether to proceed with the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project (TMX). In response, opponents of the TMX have been out in force making ridiculous claims about the project. This has caused me to … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Politics, Pipelines, Trans Mountain
5 Comments
How the CCPA completely misses the target on the root cause of our elevated gasoline prices in the Lower Mainland
This morning while getting ready for work, I heard Marc Lee from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives on the radio with Stephen Quinn talking about the price of gas in the BC Lower Mainland. I understand he also spoke … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Politics, Pipelines, Trans Mountain
21 Comments
A primer on the BC refined fuel market, lower mainland gasoline prices and how they can be affected by a change in mix in the Trans Mountain Pipeline
In the last couple weeks I have read a lot about gas prices and the threat by Jason Kenney to shut down the Trans Mountain pipeline. Since a lot of what I have read is incomplete and/or incorrect, I figure … Continue reading
Posted in Pipelines, Trans Mountain, Uncategorized
35 Comments
Questioning the PBO’s math on the value of the Trans Mountain Pipeline
The Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO), Yves Giroux, produced a report this week on the estimated value of the Trans Mountain Pipeline (TMP) and the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project (TMEP). This report has a lot of people up in arms … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Politics, Pipelines, Trans Mountain, Uncategorized
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Environmental Absolutists are going BANANAs and it will hurt, not help, the environment
Anyone who follows the energy beat knows that the latest chant from the environmental absolutist world is “No new fossil fuel infrastructure” (NNFFI). The slogan has been attributed by most sources to Bill McKibben of 350.org. Around here you hear … Continue reading
Posted in Fossil Fuel Free Future, Pipelines, Risk, Uncategorized
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On Wil Horter’s Gish Gallop about Alberta heavy oil and the Trans Mountain
On December 26th, 2018 the National Observer published an article Discount Frenzy: The dirt on discount oil by Wil Horter, the former Executive Director of the Dogwood Initiative. In December 28th, I prepared a reply called Fact-checking the National Observer … Continue reading
Posted in Pipelines, Trans Mountain, Uncategorized
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Fact-checking the National Observer “Discount Frenzy” oil piece
On December 26th, 2018 the National Observer published an article Discount Frenzy: The dirt on discount oil by Wil Horter, the former Executive Director of the Dogwood Initiative. Given its subject matter, I read the piece and responded to Mr … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Politics, Pipelines, Trans Mountain, Uncategorized
4 Comments
Let’s face it hypocrisy matters in the pipeline and climate change debates
As someone deeply interested in the pipeline and climate change debates I encounter the topic of hypocrisy every day. The discussion usually starts with a pipeline supporter pointing out that pipeline opponents who rely on fossil fuels are hypocrites. The … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Climate Change Politics, Pipelines, Renewable Energy, Uncategorized
Tagged Climate Change, hypocrisy, pipelines
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