'Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming' 10/21/2007
Danish pragmatist Bjørn Lomborg has done it again. His first book, "The Skeptical Environmentalist" infuriated the Green lobby and propelled him to become "one of the world's 100 most influential peop...

Herrera: 'Cool It' hugely logical 10/21/2007
"Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming" by Bjorn Lomborg is PNA Book Club's third member selection. A "Cool It" book review by Roger Herrera appears on page 5 of this issu...

Alberta leader wants calm 10/14/2007
Stelmach: formal royalty, tax talks 'over,' but ministers meet privately with investors
Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach has urged all sides to "just calm down" as a parade of industry heavyweights has issued dire warnings about the consequences of implementing a proposed wholesale change in...

High-stakes clash looms 09/30/2007
Former Alberta premier's chilling prediction; test of wills could undermine key U.S. source
He doesn't always spread a welcome message these days among Canada's oil patch leaders, but ignoring him is not an option. Peter Lougheed led the beginnings of an Alberta political dynasty as the prov...

BP review reflects economic growth 09/23/2007
2001-06 economic growth strongest since mid-1960s; company's annual statistics show strong energy consumption in oil, gas, coal
Economic growth, energy consumption and energy prices have all been strong over the last five years, with global 2001-06 economic growth averaging just more than 4 percent. Economic growth during tho...

Mac critics 'inflate' numbers 09/09/2007
Environmental and social activists are seeking a replay of the late 1970s, by calling for a moratorium on pipelines out of the Canadian Arctic until the long-term impacts are known. They made their ca...

Quebec imposes continent's first carbon tax 06/17/2007
Quebec will lead the way as the first North American jurisdiction to impose a carbon tax on hydrocarbon producers, raising C$200 million a year to support measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. ...

Canada offers climate change strategy 06/10/2007
Canada will not meet its Kyoto targets to lower greenhouse gas emissions because of 10 years of inaction by the former Liberal government, but its new environmental legislation could serve as a templa...

Plea for visionary 06/10/2007
Canadian government urged to lead way in tackling greenhouse gas emissions
The Canadian government should take the lead role in crafting an energy vision that integrates the social, economic, environmental and energy goals shared by Canadians that promote energy development...

Green plan gets cautious support 05/13/2007
Canada's oil and gas sector doesn't feel discriminated against by federal greenhouse gas regulations; companies have various options to achieve their emissions target, which is 60 million metric tons of the planned national reduction of 150 by 2020
With the usual proviso that "the devil is in the details," leaders of Canada's petroleum industry appear satisfied that they will not be singled out for special punishment under federal government's c...

Assessment puts squeeze on oil sands 04/15/2007
Opposition-dominated committee calls for carbon neutral by 2020 through carbon capture, credits trading; wants water, gas limits
The political pressures on Canada's oil sands sector to "adequately" tackle the social, environmental and economic problems it poses have intensified with the release of a 92-page assessment by the Ho...

Alberta admits it can't keep pace 04/08/2007
Rapid growth in the Alberta oil sands is likely to outstrip government efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions, said the province's Environment Minister Rob Renner. The sheer volume of projects unde...

Kyoto gets second chance 04/08/2007
Parties holding balance of power in Canada's parliament make sweeping amendments to clean air legislation; add to petroleum industry unease
Canada's fractured Parliament has seen the three opposition parties gang up on the government by forcing through a drastic reworking of plans to tackle greenhouse gas emissions. Holding the balanc...

Costing out climate change 03/25/2007
Initial estimates of carbon dioxide capture, sequestration leap to C$5B from C$1.5B; citizens told they can't avoid sharing financial burden
As political leaders around the world are seized with the need to enact climate change legislation, the actual cost of achieving their targets is getting scant attention. The European Council of Mi...

Oil sands to build global presence 02/25/2007
Consulting firm estimates Alberta resource will account for 25 percent of world's unconventional supplies by 2025
More than three decades of research and development in the once-scorned oil sands of Alberta may now be headed for a major payoff. According to United Kingdom-based Wood Mackenzie, the 175 billion bar...

All aboard the Kyoto special 02/25/2007
Canadian and B.C. leaders perform about-turns on Kyoto; Harper ready to comply with greenhouse gas protocol; Campbell wants Alaska to be part of Pacific coast coalition
There's a bandwagon lurching its way across Canada these days, creaking under the weight of those scrambling aboard and groaning at the accompanying rhetoric. Now that politicians of all stripes find...

Enviro clean-up time in Canada 01/14/2007
Prime minister dumps embattled environment minister, says more must be done; uneasy industry waits for action on greenhouse gases
The Canadian government has done an about-face on its environmental priorities, dragging the oil and gas industry back into the unknown. Conceding his administration had lost control of the issue, Pr...

Political landscape shaken up 12/10/2006
New Alberta premier plans public scrutiny of oil sands royalties, wants to keep more bitumen refining in province; new federal Liberal leader has 'green' agenda, Kyoto Protocol at top of his list
In an age when political surprises are few and far between, Canada experienced two upheavals in the space of 24 hours that could have deep consequences for the oil and gas industry. Stephane Dion was...

Carbon dioxide capture elusive 12/03/2006
Governments slow to embrace overtures for incentives to store worst of greenhouse gases, despite warnings burying CO2 essential
It seems like a no-brainer. You capture carbon dioxide - rated the greatest culprit among greenhouse gas emissions - from production, upgrading or refining operations and ship it by pipeline to be eit...

Talking tough, but no big stick 10/15/2006
Canada responds to oil and gas industry's plea for 'intensity-based' greenhouse gas targets, tells private sector it will have to shoulder burden
The buzzword as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper outlined the bare bones of his government's major environmental initiative was "intensity," which will resonate with the petroleum industry despi...