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Pipelines Or Rail? Guess Which One Is Way Worse

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 05.14.2013 | Canada Business
Read More: Tar Sands, Northern Gateway, Oil Pipeline Spills, Oil Spills, Oil Sands, Iea, Iea Oil Spills Rail Pipeline, Iea Oil Spills, Oil by Pipeline, International Energy Agency, Oil Spills Iea, Keystone XL, Oil by Rail, Canada Business News

Bad news for Enbridge, TransCanada and all the other companies working to build controversial pipelines across North America: Pipelines spill three ti...

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Will 40/40 Take the Heat off Edmonton?

Merran Smith | Posted 04.08.2013 | Canada Alberta
Read More: Alberta, International Energy Agency, Alison Redford, Government of Alberta, Alberta Oil Sands, Alberta Tar Sands, 40/40 Alberta, Alberta Tarsands, Alberta Oilsands, Aberta Climate Change, Alberta Politics, Tarsands Alberta, Alberta 40/40, Climate Change Alberta, Oilsands Alberta, Canada Alberta News
Merran Smith

The climate and energy challenge is frequently portrayed as a world of absolutes. We are either doomed, or salvation is just around the corner. We have either missed the narrow window to forestall disaster, or are told it is premature to act in the face of persistent uncertainties.

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Can Canada Really Be an "Energy Superpower"

Keith Brooks | Posted 01.15.2013 | Canada Politics
Read More: Renewable Energy, Oilsands, Clean Energy, Tarsands, Oil Sands, Tar Sands, International Energy Agency, Renewable Energy Jobs, Wind Energy, Nothern Gateway Pipeline, Jobs Energy Market Canada, Joe Oliver, Fossil Fuels Oil Sands, Canada Energy, Canada Politics News
Keith Brooks

Canada's entire "energy superpower" strategy hinges on high-priced oil, and a recent International Energy Agency report demonstrates that betting on high prices is risky. Canada should pin our future prosperity to the burgeoning renewables market, rather than doubling down on oil. It's the only choice we have for the sake of our environment. And it's the best path forward for our economy, too.

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U.S. Won’t Need Canadian Oil In Coming Decades: IEA

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 11.12.2012 | Canada Business
Read More: Oil Subsidies Worth 523 Billion, World Energy Outlook 2012, Canada Oil Exports, Oil Subsidies, Iea, Iea World Energy Outlook, Keystone XL Pipeline, Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Oil Subdization, International Energy Agency, u.s. Energy Independence, Keystone XL, Iea World Energy Outlook 2012, Oil Subsidies Worth Half Trillion, Canada Business News

The United States will be a net exporter of natural gas by 2020, and will be almost entirely energy independent by 2035, according to a new report fro...

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Is It Time For A National Carbon Tax?

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 08.15.2012 | Canada Business
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The debate over carbon taxes in Canada exploded this week, with a taxpayers’ group calling for an end to British Columbia’s first-of-its-kind tax ...

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285 Investors With $20 Trillion In Assets Urge New Climate Treaty

CP | John Heilprin, The Associated Press | Posted 12.19.2011 | Canada Business
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GENEVA - Large investors representing more than $20 trillion (€14.62 trillion) in assets urged governments on Wednesday to sign a binding treaty on ...

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World Oil Markets Face Production Shortfall in Second Half

Jeffrey Rubin | Posted 09.13.2011 | Canada
Read More: Oil, International Energy Agency, Brent Crude, Libya, Opec, Oil Prices, Oil Demand, Oil Production Shortage, Canada News
Jeffrey Rubin

The IEA warned that unless OPEC could increase production by at least 1.5 million barrels a day, world oil demand is going to surpass available supply during the second half of the year. If there is not enough supply to match the global economy's consumption, world oil prices have only one direction to go.

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