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David Hughes
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Trans Mountain expansion project: Partisan pipeline politics versus Canadians’ best interests
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…
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Reality check: High BC gas prices and pipeline rhetoric from Alberta’s new premier
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…
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Canada’s Climate Conundrum: Government oil and gas production policies will doom emission reduction targets
In 2015 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau proclaimed in Paris that “Canada is back!” and committed to a 30 per cent emissions reduction from 2005 levels…
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False advertising by the Alberta government and oil lobby
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…
Trans Mountain pipedreams and other energy follies: Why Canada needs a viable energy plan
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.…
Trudeau government justification for purchasing Trans Mountain project based on false premises
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…
Politics versus the future: Canada’s Orwellian energy standoff
There is no denying the utility of fossil fuels, which meet 85% of the world’s energy needs. And consumption is rising along with emissions. Even…
Canada’s Energy Outlook
Current realities and implications for a carbon-constrained future Download summary 2.64 MB | 28 pages Download full study 35.51 MB | 180 pages Canada faces…
Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline approval based on false assumptions
Once the political reality of British Columbia is determined, next steps on energy projects like Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and the Site C…
Faulty assumptions, including tidewater price premiums, basis for Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline approval
Once the political reality of British Columbia is determined, next steps on energy projects like Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and the Site C…
Will the Trans Mountain Pipeline and tidewater access boost prices and save Canada’s oil industry?
Download 2.93 MB42 pages One of the primary rationales for Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project (TMEP) is to maximize the price for Alberta…
Correcting the Fraser Institute’s crude assumptions
The Fraser Institute’s new report, The Costs of Pipeline Obstructionism, claims that lack of new export pipelines to tidewater is costing Canada $2.02–$6.4 billion dollars…