Four questions for the Alberta NDP about its approach to energy
University of Alberta professor Andrew Leach in conversation with the Alberta NDP about its energy policies
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Andrew Leach
Andrew Leach is a professor of energy policy at the University of Alberta, where he teaches courses on energy markets, energy investments and environmental policy. Leach’s primary research areas are climate change policy, oil sands regulation and clean energy innovation and policy.
What might the Alberta NDP government do with energy policy?
On many energy issues, it’s hard to find a lot of daylight between Alberta NDP policies and those of the other two front-running parties
Alberta’s resource revenue picture is downright bleak
Further cuts will be needed if the Alberta budget’s forecast for higher oil revenues doesn’t materialize
No, it’s not ’crazy’ to regulate emissions in the oil sands
The hit to oil sands development from the most commonly discussed greenhouse gas policies would be surprisingly small
The oil price crash and the oil sands
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Why this oil crash could be worse for Alberta than the one in 2008
Corporate balance sheets and government budgets will show the full impact of the oil crash in the next couple of months, and the picture won’t be pretty
Are oil sands incompatible with action on climate change?
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Oil sands cost inflation coming back to bite us now
Rising oil prices since the early 2000s have hidden a lot of sins in the oil sands
Is it time to panic in the oil sands?
If the current pricing trends continue, at least one of the proposed oil sands pipeline projects would no longer be needed
Just how much is the oil price drop hurting oil sands projects?
Despite the plunge in prices, the oil sands are a lot better off than you might think