Fossil Fuels

Abundant energy will power future growth

admin — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:47:53 -0400

Up! Up! Up! The world is consuming more and more energy and, as if by miracle, the amount left to consume grows ever higher. Never before in human history has energy been accessible in greater abundance and in more regions, never before has mankind had more energy options and faced a brighter energy future. read more »

Power sector air emission control: winning and losing approaches

rebecca — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:31:23 -0400

Presentation to Air and Waste Management Association Canadian Clean Air Policy ConferenceThe Fairmont Chateau Laurier, Ottawa

Air emission management is a lot like combining the children's games of hide and seek with snakes and ladders. In moving through the steps of the game, we should aim to climb up the most ladders and slide down the fewest snakes. A principal challenge is that the ladders and snakes can be obscured or disguised. In air emission control policy ladders are often mistaken for snakes and there are some nasty snakes disguised as ladders. read more »

Why high oil prices won't save our planet

rebecca — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:28:16 -0400

Oil prices are sky high but the sky is not falling. Improvements in efficiency since the oil price shocks in the 1970s mean that high prices won't cause a repeat of the nasty economic indigestion we suffered then.

Some environmentalists, focused only on the increased incentive to conserve energy, welcome these high prices. They forget that high prices encourage expansion of our most polluting and environmentally risky oil sources -- tar sands, heavy oil and Hibernia. read more »

Petro-Can hopes

rebecca — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:30:02 -0400

Kudos to our federal government if it gets out of Petro-Can, a venture it should never have started. Once they are no longer an investor, the feds may do a better job enforcing environmental rules in the oilpatch. The sale proceeds might constructively be used restoring environmental enforcement, with any leftovers going to remediate federal contaminated sites.

A study of water and sediment quality as related to public health issues, Fort Chipewyan, Alberta

Lisa — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:52:33 -0400

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) risks by Tom Adams

admin — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:28:15 -0500

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is rapidly gaining in policy popularity and commercial interest in North America. read more »