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Alberta’s energy war room reveals its true colours as a propaganda mill

Nov 6, 2020

Last week my report “Reassessment of Need for the Trans Mountain Expansion Project” was published by the Parkland Institute and Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). The Canadian Energy Centre (aka Premier Jason Kenney’s “War Room”) took exception to my report and wrote a hit piece designed to discredit it,“A Matter of Fact: CCPA report… View Article

Trans Mountain expansion project: Partisan pipeline politics versus Canadians’ best interests

Jun 26, 2019

By J David Hughes

The federal government’s latest approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project (TMX) produced a frenzy of rhetoric from politicians and industry vested interests. Unfortunately for Canadians, partisan and vested interests have overruled their best interests. Although Canada does have a pipeline bottleneck due to the 376 per cent growth in oil sands production since… View Article

Reality check: High BC gas prices and pipeline rhetoric from Alberta’s new premier

May 7, 2019

By J David Hughes

Alberta’s new premier, Jason Kenney, has wasted no time engaging in belligerent actions to “get Alberta’s resources to market.” Right off the bat he passed the “turn off the taps” bill to cut off BC’s supply of oil if the Province doesn’t reverse its stance opposing the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (TMX). He also claimed… View Article

Turn off the taps? Alberta already has Vancouver over a barrel

Apr 29, 2019

By Marc Lee

Drivers in Metro Vancouver are reeling from record high gas prices, and many commentators are blaming taxes. Now, Alberta’s Premier-elect Jason Kenney is threatening to “turn off the taps” to push prices even higher because, it is alleged, BC is causing them to lose billions of dollars in oil revenues by opposing the Trans Mountain… View Article

False advertising by the Alberta government and oil lobby

Feb 20, 2019

By J David Hughes

As an Alberta-born and -raised earth scientist who has made a career studying fossil fuels and energy issues, I am dismayed at the bombardment of ‘fake news’ in print, online and TV ads from the Alberta government on the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX). These ads are repeated hourly on several TV stations. One ad… View Article

Trans Mountain pipedreams and other energy follies: Why Canada needs a viable energy plan

Nov 13, 2018

By J David Hughes

Like it or not, we need to plan for a major transition over the coming decades from our reliance on fossil fuels to renewable energy. Fossil fuels are the major source of energy for Canadians and people around the world (providing 85 per cent of global primary energy in 2017). But hydrocarbons—oil, gas and coal—unfortunately… View Article

Climate change and the duty of professional engineers and geoscientists: A call to action

Sep 13, 2018

By David Huntley and Romilly Cavanaugh

There has been a great deal of recent media coverage both for and against the planned Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (TMX). Much of it is political, but of utmost importance are the ramifications for the planet. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has stated that the expansion’s approval was based on science, and he is convinced of… View Article

Trudeau government justification for purchasing Trans Mountain project based on false premises

May 29, 2018

By J David Hughes

So how sound are the claims being used to justify the federal government’s expenditure of up to $12 billion in taxpayer funds to purchase Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain expansion (TMX) project? The Trudeau government says the purchase is in the ‘national interest’, will create thousands of jobs, and that delays in the project are costing… View Article

Kinder Morgan: Costs and benefits unbalanced, not in the national interest

Apr 23, 2018

By Marc Lee

The Alberta and federal governments claim that Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) is in the national interest due to its economic benefits. But a closer look at TMX’s full range of benefits and costs shows the project to be extremely lopsided in its distribution. First, the economic gains accrue almost entirely to Alberta… View Article

What’s Kinder Morgan’s real end game?

Apr 16, 2018

By Seth Klein

Here’s a different take on Kinder Morgan’s ultimatum and the so-called “constitutional crisis” it has sparked. I’m speculating, of course, as we all seek to understand what Kinder Morgan is really up to. But allow me to posit a minority theory: We’re getting played! It is entirely possible that Kinder Morgan has already decided to… View Article

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Tag Archive: tmx

Alberta’s energy war room reveals its true colours as a propaganda mill

Trans Mountain expansion project: Partisan pipeline politics versus Canadians’ best interests

Reality check: High BC gas prices and pipeline rhetoric from Alberta’s new premier

Turn off the taps? Alberta already has Vancouver over a barrel

False advertising by the Alberta government and oil lobby

Trans Mountain pipedreams and other energy follies: Why Canada needs a viable energy plan

Climate change and the duty of professional engineers and geoscientists: A call to action

Trudeau government justification for purchasing Trans Mountain project based on false premises

Kinder Morgan: Costs and benefits unbalanced, not in the national interest

What’s Kinder Morgan’s real end game?