A remarkable alignment between Trump, the US House and Senate, Danielle Smith, Scott Moe and maybe Pierre Poilievre could make it happen It was May 26, 2016, when I had the chance to ask Donald Trump if he would approve the Keystone XL pipeline. On that day in...
The morning of Tuesday, Oct. 29, saw yet another utter collapse of wind power generation, but this time, it was accompanied by a collapse of solar generation as well. At 11:09 a.m., Alberta’s collective 5,340 megawatts of wind power generation capacity were...
Way back in June, the Saskatchewan Party government announced the introduction of a new Oil and Gas 20 and 30 class to be offered this January through the Saskatchewan Distance Learning Centre. Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill made the announcement, fittingly, at...
There is a chasm of disagreement separating climate-concerned policy makers in Ottawa and supporters of the oil and gas sector on the prairies. Each side behaves like they’re playing a zero sum game. One can support the environment or oil production but not...
 The past two years have been a bit of a downer for climate change realists and supporters of oil and gas production on the prairies. This has especially been the case for those of us who consume a lot of legacy media content. It seems like virtually every news story...
If you really want to bore yourself, periodically check out the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) AIES Event Log, found here. It lets grid operators, and the world, know when things occur that impact the Alberta grid, like a natural gas unit tripping off, or...
