The Canadian government’s follow-the-U.S. strategy on climate policy is still paying off, in petro-dollars. As I mentioned back in December, Canada gambled that the U.S. won’t make any environmental moves that hurt Canada’s oil industry. Of course that is a safe bet: America imports most of its oil, and Canada is its biggest foreign supplier. But...
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Green lobby sells out the Holland Marsh: chalk up another victory for Big Gas
The Holland Marsh, one of the most unique and fertile pieces of natural marshland in Ontario, is about to get a new neighbor, in the form of an industrial park featuring a 393-megawatt natural gas–fired power generating station. What does the official green lobby, which says it is against fossil fuels and in favour...
Electricity consumers turn swords into ploughshares—without even knowing it
Media coverage of last week’s nuclear summit in Washington focused mostly on game-framed analysis of how the U.S. president’s nuclear policies might affect his standing in domestic and world opinion. That is unfortunate, especially in the case of the measures for dealing with the so-called “loose nukes.” There was almost no mention of the...
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