The Harper government is doing more harm than good for the oil sands
Canada’s energy industry must demand that our government take the problem of greenhouse emissions seriously
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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.
The loonie, oil’s crash, and why this isn’t anything like 2008
As you watch the oil price, keep the Canadian dollar in mind before you hit the panic button
Should Jim Prentice be worried about oil prices?
All told, the story is not as bad for Alberta as it could be, but Prentice will be watching oil prices closely
Banning crude exports would be stupid, but don’t take my word for it
Sometimes consultants say the damndest things.
Why building a massive oil sands refinery would be a bad idea
There are far more important things for Alberta’s government to spend its money on than subsidizing an oil sands refinery
Why falling global oil prices aren’t hurting Alberta
Crude prices may dropping, but diluted oil sands bitumen is actually worth more than it was four months ago
Did Newfoundland taxpayers just get stuck with a costly clean-up?
A deal to save jobs may have put the province on the hook for huge environmental liabilities at a refinery in Come By Chance
A modest proposal for the NDP: Unmuzzle the government economists
Just how committed would the NDP be to free-speaking bureaucrats?
Un-muzzle the scientists? Not so fast.
Those with the lab coats do not have a monopoly on evidence
Harper’s Copenhagen fantasy
To the Conservatives, the Copenhagen target is a dream, and they’d really prefer you not ruin it with hard questions