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My latest Economy Lab Post: Emissions: Peter Kent’s 178 millon-ton challenge

By Andrew on May 19, 2011

It may be his most important task, and setting Canada’s GHG policy course for the next four years will not be an easy one for Environment Minister Peter Kent. By his own admission, meeting Canada’s GHG goals will be a daunting challenge and will require stringent regulations on oil and gas, electricity generation, transportation, and […]

Posted in Canadian Climate Policy, Canadian Politics, climate change | Tagged climate, climate change, EU, ghg, oil sands, oilsands, ontario, peter kent | 8 Responses

Alberta Climate Change Strategy Wedge Diagram, Government of Alberta, 2008.

Time to come clean on CCS

By Andrew on March 11, 2011

By now, most people with any connection to the energy sector in Alberta are familiar with carbon capture and storage (CCS) – the proposed technological solution to Alberta’s growing greenhouse gas emissions. When the Government of Alberta tabled ts Climate Change Strategy in 2008, the goals (shown in the figure below) were to achieve 200 […]

Posted in Canadian Climate Policy, Carbon Capture and Storage | Tagged carbon capture, CCS, climate, climate change, ghg, oil sands, oilsands | 17 Responses

Globally credible GHG policy would help, not hurt, the oilsands

By Andrew on February 28, 2011

While there are many environmental concerns with the oil sands, the issue of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) has the most potential to prevent Albertans from realizing the true value of the resource. The term dirty oil has clearly resonated with environmental groups both in the US and in Europe and will continue to be used […]

Posted in Canadian Climate Policy, oilsands | Tagged 17%, 1990, alberta, canada, feebate, ghg, oil sands, oilsands | 13 Responses

The strange relationship between environmentalists and the oil price

By Andrew on February 16, 2011

Environmentalists have a very strange relationship with the price of oil.  I asked around among friends, students, and online acquaintances and every one replied without question that high oil prices were a good thing if you care about the environment.  Why?  Well, high prices discourage consumption they said.  Not only that, high prices enable alternative […]

Posted in oilsands, peak oil | Tagged alternative energy, deep water drilling, oil prices, oil sands, peak oil, shale gas | 20 Responses

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