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The bottom line on pipelines and hot commodities

Exports, primarily in natural resources, are how we pay for needed imports: economist Patricia Mohr
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Natural resource development gets majority support from millennials

Forget the stereotypes – these young Canadians are calling for shovels in the ground, writes Scott Simpson.
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Natural gas is back: British Columbia drilling surge is behind $5+ billion in 2017 investment

In the midst of a particularly frosty winter, signs of spring for an industry that thousands of families depend on.
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Why Canadian pensions depend on natural resources

The average Canadian might not know it, but 42 per cent of Canada Pension Plan holdings are natural resource companies.
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LNG & flying pigs: In BC’s case liquefied natural gas is already here

Transportation and industrial uses like mining continue to spur investment in a clean energy supply that British Columbia has in abundance.
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A new way of seeing one Canadian oil pipeline

We need a fresh way of understanding what oil pipeline propositions mean for Canada if we are ever to get to the
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Stewart Muir provides fresh perspective, seeks middle ground at UBC pipeline panel discussion

They packed the room in C.K. Choi Building at UBC on a snowy Friday afternoon looking for insights into energy policy and
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Letter from a resource town mayor

"I am a mum and a grandma and I have lived in the north all my life. I am also the Mayor
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REACTION: Businesses big and small applaud Trans Mountain decision

But industry players and analysts caution the $6.8-billion project approved Nov. 29 still has a lot of hurdles to jump before it
Oil & Gas | Renewables
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Vancouver residents are facing soaring costs for home heating and cooking because of a radical city policy

The province of Ontario also toyed with a ban on natural gas until seeing the $200-billion price tag. The City of Vancouver,
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How to design a carbon policy that doesn’t export Canadian jobs

Carbon pricing is not a bad idea, but there are bad ways to implement it. Sending our energy jobs to other countries
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What’s being said about LNG

Individual reflections on the $36 billion Pacific North West LNG project, which received its environmental seal of approval this week.
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Win-win approach on LNG unifies climate, jobs and energy security

As federal cabinet prepares to decide the future of the Pacific Northwest LNG project, it’s vital the project be judged fairly using
Oil & Gas | Renewables
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For B.C.’s climate vision to succeed, federal leadership is past due

Researchers at North Carolina's Duke University recently lauded the B.C. carbon tax, observing that it has been "a politically difficult policy to
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Headlines, Hydro, and what was the real story?

There have been some memorable headlines in the world of journalism: “Red tape holds up new bridge” . . . “Grandmother of
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Got questions about oil tanker risk in Vancouver? Here’s how to check the facts for yourself

A new ministerial panel on the TransMountain Pipeline Expansion proposal is currently hearing from the public about the project. Resource Works offers
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Our biggest challenge: Building trust and confidence in resource development

Stewart Muir of Resource Works joins other Environmental Non-Government Organizations (ENGOs) at a breakthrough ministerial panel in Burnaby.
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Changing the conversation on energy transition

Let's move on from an "and-or" to an "and-more" mindset about how we fuel our daily lives, writes Resource Works executive director
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LNG news, as seen from two views

It’s been a classic month for both pessimists and optimists who watch the world of LNG:
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Energy fireworks making for a summer to remember on the west coast

Is the Paris Agreement on climate change a license for draconian, ill-considered attempts to radically overturn the world’s existing energy distribution systems?
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Will Trudeau government action on tanker ban re-open painful wound?

The history of the so-called offshore oil and gas moratorium and subsequent tanker exclusion in BC has little to do with environment