Advocacy & Opinion
The high-stakes international oil game that Canada’s losing
Monday, March 25, 2019, 7:18 AM MDT
Canada has long depended on a single market for its exports of energy. This over-reliance on one customer, the United…
CERAWEEK 2019: Trends and transitions
Friday, March 22, 2019, 7:21 AM MDT
The energy world’s top leaders and influencers recently gathered in Houston for the annual IHS Markit CERAWeek. Discussion at the…
Anti-oil groups are deep inside Canada's halls of power: Gwyn Morgan
Monday, March 18, 2019, 7:22 AM MDT
Canadians watch Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election comfortable in the belief that such…
Suing oil companies over climate change will only hurt taxpayers
Wednesday, March 13, 2019, 7:18 AM MDT
The City of Victoria wants to round up municipalities to sue oil companies for damages from climate change. Not only…
Opinion: B.C.’s Trans Mountain stance is flowing with contradictions
Thursday, February 28, 2019, 7:30 AM MST
The double loss suffered by the B.C. government in the latest round of paper-shuffling over the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion…
Not all First Nations oppose Trans Mountain - will protesters listen to them?
Tuesday, February 12, 2019, 7:24 AM MST
As the inevitable resumption of protests against the Trans Mountain pipeline project hovers into view, a growing schism is being…
Can Canada help fill the heavy oil shortage on the U.S. Gulf Coast?
Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 6:21 PM MST
The US has announced economic sanctions that effectively stop imports of Venezuelan oil.This leaves the complex refineries in Texas and…
B.C. mayors shaking down energy companies are ignoring reality
Thursday, January 24, 2019, 7:12 AM MST
West Coast Environmental Law, an advocacy organization based in Vancouver, has persuaded a group of British Columbia mayors and city…
Oil and gas the backbone of the Canadian economy: Gwyn Morgan
Tuesday, January 22, 2019, 7:20 AM MST
What was Canada’s biggest business news story of 2018?According to the pundits at The Canadian Press, it wasn’t the giveaway…
A message from the president of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project to B.C. residents and First Nations
Thursday, January 10, 2019, 7:14 AM MST
This message from Coastal GasLink president Rick Gateman was posted on Jan. 9 to the Facebook page of Canada’s Energy…
An open letter on why Haisla Nation stands behind LNG
Wednesday, January 9, 2019, 7:27 AM MST
This is an open letter that was published on the Haisla Nation website, directed to opponents and critics of LNG…
Is next-gen wells-to-wheels analysis a potential teaching tool?
Thursday, December 20, 2018, 1:37 PM MST
We all have that T-Shirt: You know the one, inscribed with: It seemed like a good idea at the time.…