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Home / Archives for August 2016

Stop saying climate policies supposed to grant ‘social license’ for Energy East pipeline

August 31, 2016 | Markham on Energy

Neither industry nor government has ever said climate policies were quid pro quo for pipeline […]

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It’s official: Shell CEO says global economy has started ‘energy transition’

August 31, 2016 | Markham on Energy

Big Energy must stake its claim to manage the energy transition, not leave it to […]

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Waste Heat Challenge example of how Alberta oil sands will lick GHG emissions issue

August 29, 2016 | Markham on Energy

Technology competitions like Waste Heat Challenge are terrific policy for stimulating technical innovation When Alberta […]

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US Election 2016: Obama tap dances on energy, while Clinton’s got two left feet

August 25, 2016 | Markham on Energy

Hillary Clinton can’t – or won’t – distance herself from anti-fossil fuel movement “Keep it […]

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US, Canadian governments wasting tax dollars on immature electric vehicles

August 24, 2016 | Markham on Energy

California has only 223,700 electrics and plug-in hybrids. Vancouver, BC has far more Ferraris, Lamborghinis. […]

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EOG Resources in a class of its own – energy economist

August 24, 2016 | Markham on Energy

EOG says Permian Basin assets are responding well to productivity improvements like longer horizontal well […]

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Christy Clark gets it right with climate policy revisions, raises ire of eco-activists

August 20, 2016 | Markham on Energy

Tzeporah Berman: “Being asked as member BC’s Climate Leadership Team what I think of this plan: […]

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NY AG’s Exxon climate change investigation all about politics, just like Peabody Energy probe

August 19, 2016 | Markham on Energy

NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s Exxon climate change fraud investigation just became ridiculous, as revealed […]

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Doug Lacombe: There is a better way for oil/gas and pipeline companies to communicate

August 17, 2016 | Markham on Energy

Energy industry has to woo “soft political middle” so Trudeau Liberals have enough “legitimacy” to […]

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Science finally proves just how badly energy CEOs (and boosters) suck at politics, communications

August 16, 2016 | Markham on Energy

Emotional connection is the new norm, energy industry’s old facts and science approach no longer […]

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State of the oil patch: It ain’t pretty in the Barnett Shale, but future looks better

August 16, 2016 | Markham on Energy

Peak tight gas production in Barnett Shale is 5 Bcf/d, down to 4.5 Bcf under […]

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Carbon XPrize: Oilfield-based technology could revolutionize carbon capture

August 15, 2016 | Markham on Energy

CleanCarbon Energy uses bacteria to fix CO2 in depleted oil reservoirs, turns it into cheap […]

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Justin Trudeau and the realpolitik of Kinder Morgan’s pipeline in British Columbia

August 12, 2016 | Markham on Energy

Trudeau government was always going to approve the Kinder Morgan pipeline project Kai Nagata of […]

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An open letter to Canadian oil sands boosters: Stop whining and snivelling about environmentalists

August 9, 2016 | Markham on Energy

Dear Oil Sands Boosters; You know who you are: Ezra Levant, Cody Battershill, Gwyn Morgan, […]

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Why social license (or legitimacy) is critical to pipelines, the Canadian oil sands

August 8, 2016 | Markham on Energy

Eco-activists, BC First Nations eroded NEB and industry legitimacy, which must now be restored before […]

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Technology, innovation are the only answer to climate change. Full stop.

August 4, 2016 | Markham on Energy

“In my view, innovation is essential to human progress.” – Bill Gates I’m writing a […]

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Fracking for President campaign illustrates why Canadian oil/gas industry is ‘socially dim’

August 3, 2016 | Markham on Energy

Canadian oil and gas industry is caught in 1950s time warp, incapable of innovative communications […]

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Why we love oil/gas AND renewables in a post-climate change world

August 1, 2016 | Markham on Energy

North American Energy News delivers news stories, analysis, opinion that illuminates this new stage of human […]

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