coal
Alberta’s coal-fired political conflagration has revealed a broad and deep anti-coal animus. Polling tells us that about 70 percent of Albertans oppose the Kenney government’s efforts to increase coal mining in the eastern slopes. Contributing to this alliance are those who dislike oil and gas as much as coal. More interesting are those who want […]
On March 8, 2018 Alberta’s premier opened the current session of the legislature with a Speech from the Throne. One of the promises made was to diversify the electricity sector creating new jobs and protecting people from “wild electricity price swings”. The current session of the legislature also looks likely to introduce the groundwork for […]