Advocacy & Opinion
Opinion: The ESG evolution: Clearing up misconceptions
Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 1:40 PM MDT
A few weeks ago, I was in a meeting where ESG was on the agenda. One of the male leaders…
Opinion: A tenth of active and abandoned oil and gas wells in northeastern B.C. are leaking
Tuesday, March 3, 2020, 10:33 AM MST
Northeastern British Columbia has been a major centre of conventional oil and gas production since the 1960s. More recently, the…
Opinion: Indigenous civil rights blockades should be met with a new diplomacy, not violence
Sunday, March 1, 2020, 6:13 PM MST
Canada is at a critical crossroads. The Wet'suwet'en conflict brings us to a deciding moment in Canada, one that will…
Opinion: It's time to go to each of the 20 First Nations that support Coastal GasLink to solicit their help in making sure the pipeline gets built
Thursday, February 27, 2020, 1:40 PM MST
In 2015, we gathered in the meeting house of the remote Tl’azt’en First Nation at Tache, 215 km northwest of…
Bridges, buildings, railways, streets focus of anti pipeline protests
Sunday, February 9, 2020, 2:59 PM MST
Efforts by hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en Nation to halt a pipeline project have prompted arrests and spurred a national…
Opinion: Alberta needs the 'war room' to challenge energy ignorance
Monday, January 13, 2020, 7:23 AM MST
The Canadian Energy Centre – also called the “war room” – is online, publishing featured stories, reports, briefs, analysis, perspective…
Putting an end to Quebec’s energy vulnerability
Friday, January 3, 2020, 7:12 AM MST
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has suggested to Quebec that pipelines would prevent events like the recent propane shortage caused by…
Happy Holidays from JWN! We will resume regular daily publishing on Jan. 2, 2020
Sunday, December 22, 2019, 5:34 PM MST
Why we must get Canadian energy to global markets
Thursday, December 19, 2019, 5:13 PM MST
Canada is known around the world as a country of inclusiveness, tolerance and respect for human rights. Our energy industry…
Alberta, Saskatchewan landlocked and abandoned
Friday, December 13, 2019, 7:11 AM MST
In mocking response to those wishing to separate, some quip that Alberta would remain landlocked the day after it becomes…
WTI slips to $58 as trade deal impact counters surprise Saudi cut
Monday, December 9, 2019, 7:26 AM MST
Oil fell from the highest close in almost 12 weeks as the effects of the U.S.-China trade war countered Saudi…
Coastal GasLink Pipeline analysis Part 4: Recommendations for conflict resolution
Thursday, November 28, 2019, 5:49 PM MST
This article concludes a four-part series analyzing the Coastal GasLink Pipeline, which is currently under construction to provide natural gas…