Nelson Bennett
Inside the flight of capital from Canadian oil and gas
Tuesday, June 19, 2018, 5:07 PM MDT
When the federal government announced it would buy the Trans Mountain pipeline for $4.5 billion, it was viewed by many…
High gas prices driving British Columbians to hybrids
Monday, June 18, 2018, 2:31 PM MDT
High gas prices in Vancouver are driving car owners to switch from regular gas vehicles to hybrids in record numbers,…
Andrew Weaver chides Clean Energy BC for promoting LNG
Friday, June 15, 2018, 3:40 PM MDT
Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver and Clean Energy BC see eye-to-eye on many things.They agree, for example, that if B.C.…
“Taxpayers did really good on this project”: Closing the $2 billion gap on Trans Mountain
Monday, June 11, 2018, 2:44 PM MDT
Why is Canada paying Kinder Morgan Inc. $2 billion more than the Trans Mountain pipeline is worth?When asked this question…
Canadian breakthrough on scrubbing CO2 from the air
Thursday, June 7, 2018, 6:38 PM MDT
Removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere can be done on an industrial scale that would be economically viable, according to…
11 answers to your questions about Ottawa's Trans Mountain ownership
Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 1:59 PM MDT
Last week, the government of Justin Trudeau took a surprising and dramatic step to salvage the $7.4 billion Trans Mountain…
B.C. gasoline price hikes drive interest in electric, LNG options
Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 1:52 PM MDT
With gasoline prices in Vancouver breaking a North American record and threats of Alberta cutting off B.C.’s gas supply, one…
Alberta producers nervous new NE BC pipeline will worsen glut of cheap gas
Friday, May 25, 2018, 3:02 PM MDT
A $1.4 billion, 206-kilometre network of new natural gas pipelines in northeastern B.C. that was originally intended to serve a…
Optimism back for B.C. LNG
Tuesday, May 22, 2018, 2:25 PM MDT
Construction will start this year in Kitimat on the largest energy infrastructure ever built in this country, the CEO of…
Vancouver company testing niche LNG market in China
Tuesday, May 22, 2018, 1:54 PM MDT
Moving large volumes of LNG requires some pretty expensive infrastructure, such as large specialized carriers to transport the gas across…
Why there’s more appetite for new refineries in Asia than in North America
Wednesday, May 9, 2018, 6:09 PM MDT
While it may sound contradictory and even hypocritical for B.C. politicians like Andrew Weaver and John Horgan to, in the…
Pipeline constraints adding to high B.C. gasoline prices: analysts
Tuesday, May 8, 2018, 2:49 PM MDT
British Columbia doesn’t want Alberta’s “dirty” oil, but if Big Oil wants to invest $10 billion to $15 billion in…
