Why is BC Hydro blocking a renewable revolution? WRITTEN BY DAVE MILLS JANUARY 30, 2020 Local communities could generate affordable, clean power – and free themselves from fossil fuels. To an energy monopoly, that’s a threat. In the New York Times bestseller Drawdown, groundbreaking research by one of the best scientific teams ever assembled concluded that…
Kinder Morgan’s Blackmail Notley and Trudeau hint at propping up uneconomic pipeline with taxpayers’ money. CANADIANS SHOULD BE ALARMED! By Andrew Nikiforuk | TheTyee.ca Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist who has been writing about the energy industry for two decades and is a contributing editor to The Tyee. On April 7, he protested at the gates…
How Kinder Morgan Could Make Trudeau a One-Term PM British Columbians need to let Liberals know their petro-passion will cost them critical seats in next year’s election. By Mitchell Anderson 13 Mar 2018 | TheTyee.ca Mitchell Anderson is a freelance writer based in Vancouver and a frequent contributor to The Tyee. Anti-pipeline protests should make Justin Trudeau think about…
Trudeau’s Smoke and Mirrors on Carbon Tax and Pipeline Claims that increasing oilsands production will lead to lower emissions simply false. By Mitchell Anderson TheTyee.ca Mitchell Anderson is a freelance writer based in Vancouver and a frequent contributor to The Tyee. Rachel Notley and Justin Trudeau claim ‘that carbon pricing — a laudable policy goal — will…
A Dam(n) Big Fracking Problem Regulators left behind as industry built dozens of unauthorized dams — many at risk of failure. By Ben Parfitt 18 Dec 2017 | TheTyee.ca Ben Parfitt is a resource policy analyst with the BC office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. His recent research for the CCPA is published here. The province’s Environmental Assessment…
The Oil Party Is Over, Trudeau — Even Canada’s Energy Firms Know It Why are corporations more candid about industry’s realities than our prime minister? By Ross Belot 18 Jul 2017 | iPolitics This column first appeared in the always excellent iPolitics. Ross Belot is a retired senior manager with one of Canada’s…
Only Fantasies, Desperation and Wishful Thinking Keep Pipeline Plans Alive There is no waiting Asian market for oilsands crude. In fact there’s no waiting market anywhere. By Mitchell Anderson , is a freelance writer based in Vancouver and a frequent contributor to The Tyee. “The bottom has already fallen out of many bitumen projects yet they stagger on,…
Site C Risks ‘Death Spiral’ for BC Hydro, Says Watchdog Consumer Policy Institute warns of big rate hikes and pressure for taxpayer bailout. By Andrew Nikiforuk 2 Feb 2018 | TheTyee.ca Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist who has been writing about the energy industry for two decades and is a contributing editor to The Tyee. Find his previous…
An Open Letter from NDP Members About Site C An appeal to the provincial government to reconsider its decision. By Andrea Craddock, Rita Wong and Mary Madsen 2 Feb 2018 | TheTyee.ca Rita Wong is an NDP member from Vancouver-Mount Pleasant, Andrea Craddock is a member from North Island and Mary Madsen is a member from Kamloops. More than a hundred members…
Loblaws Skates on Price-fixing, Tried to Send Homeless Man to Jail Canada’s justice system nods to the powerful while treating poor people like criminals. By Michael Spratt | TheTyee.ca Michael Spratt is a partner at the Ottawa based criminal law firm Abergel Goldstein & Partners. He is also an award-winning blogger and podcaster. His work can be found…
