When the Conservatives were in charge of Canada they didn’t conserve at all, instead they rallied behind fossil fuels to power Canada’s economy. That foolish gamble contributed to a lame…
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 It has been yet another whirlwind month on the Kinder Morgan file. Staff Cou...
Over at the web site of the Calgary Homeless Foundation, I have a blog post titled: “Ten things to know about the 2016-17 Alberta budget.” The link to the post…
News item: British Columbia Liberals announce the new Clean Energy Act sets the foundation for a new future of electricity self-sufficiency. Definition: Self-sufficiency: The ability to satisfy one’s basic needs…
News item:British Columbia Liberals announce the new Clean Energy Act sets the foundation for a new future of electricity self-sufficiency.Definition:Self-sufficiency: The ability to satisfy one’s basic needs without outside help.News…
Friday, April 15, 2016 According to pipeline supporters and cheerleaders, one of the primary ratio...
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 The Canadian government wants to know what you think about its plans to co...
A few years ago Ontario stopped all of its coal powered plants because, you know, climate change and all that. Other jurisdictions around the world are similarly halting the use…
Derrick Penner of the Vancouver Sun reported words from the Chief of BC Hydro's nomenklatura :In December, McDonald heralded Site C as “essential to keeping the lights on..."Fundamentally, (independent power…
India consumes a lot energy and consumption keeps growing as their economy expands. They also rely heavily on coal. The government knows that their current form of energy production causes…
Assorted content to end your week.- Carol Goar writes about the need for Canada's federal government to rethink how we view taxes. And Simon Wren-Lewis tries to explain the resilience…
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Katie Hyslop contrasts Canada's longstanding recognition that housing is a human right against the gross lack of policy action to ensure its availability:Canada has…
Mark Jaccard’s article in Policy Options has generated a lot of interest. It is a provocative article that challenges the economic orthodoxy that prioritizes carbon pricing above all else. Jaccard…
France has announced that they are going to try a mass installation of solar-panelled roads to provide electricity. It’s an attempt to see if they technology can be scalable and…
Clinton breathed a sigh of relief and spun the result: thanks for the “win.” This was no win. Despite the massive corporate media campaign to ignore Sanders, he did exceptionally…
Clinton breathed a sigh of relief and spun the result: thanks for the “win.” This was no win. Despite the massive corporate media campaign to ignore Sanders, he did exceptionally…
For years naysayers have been arguing that renewable energy isn’t a good idea because the electrical input fluctuates too much on the grid. Now we have more evidence that those…
Thursday, January 28, 2016 Earlier this month TransCanada announced that it would be claiming comp...
Thursday, January 14, 2016 West Coast has previously suggested that, in spite of the Province of B...
TransCanada Pipelines (TCPL) just announced it is going to sue the US government for $15 billion under NAFTA and while they’re at it sue President Obama for exceeding his power…
