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January 2 2021

GOLDSTEIN: Trudeau's carbon tax to hit Ontario families hardest

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-trudeaus-carbon-tax-to-hit-ontario-families-hardest


January 4 2021

Benefits of Trudeau's carbon tax challenged in new report

https://torontosun.com/news/national/benefits-of-trudeaus-carbon-tax-challenged-in-new-report


January 6 2021

Canada pressing Michigan to avert shutdown of pipeline critical to fuel needs in Ontario and Quebec

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canada-pressing-michigan-to-avert-shutdown-of-pipeline-critical-to/


January 8 2021

WUDRICK: New numbers show carbon tax doesn't leave you better off

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/wudrick-new-numbers-show-carbon-tax-doesnt-leave-you-better-off


January 13 2021

GOLDSTEIN: U.S. exceeds 2020 climate target that Canada missed

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-u-s-exceeds-2020-climate-target-that-canada-missed


January 15 2021

Column: The world needs more Canadian oil and gas, not less

https://boereport.com/2021/01/14/the-world-needs-more-canadian-oil-and-gas-not-less/


January 17 2021

China's 2020 coal output rises to highest since 2015, undermining climate pledges

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/chinas-2020-coal-output-rises-to-highest-since-2015-undermining-climate-pledges-2021-01-17


January 20 2021

Terence Corcoran: Tiny Keystone vs. the global coal boom

https://financialpost.com/opinion/terence-corcoran-tiny-keystone-vs-the-global-coal-boom


Repeat After Me: Canada is Uninhabitable Without Fossil Fuels – David Yager

https://energynow.ca/2020/01/reality-check-canada-is-uninhabitable-without-fossil-fuels-david-yager/


January 21 2021

TC Energy cuts jobs as Keystone pipeline nixed, but markets start to move on

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-keystone/tc-energy-to-cut-1000-construction-jobs-halt-keystone-xl-work-idUSKBN29Q1T8


Citizens ‘outraged’ over motion banning fossil fuel advertisements: Regina mayor

https://globalnews.ca/news/7591120/outraged-motion-banning-fossil-fuel-advertisments-regina-mayor/


January 22 2021

In letter to PM, Kenney calls for consequences or compensation over Keystone XL cancellation

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/kenney-trudeau-letter-keystone-xl-1.5883751


Rex Murphy: Were I an Albertan today, I'd be asking: What's the point?

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-were-i-an-albertan-today-id-be-asking-whats-the-point


Canada PM Justin Trudeau ‘disappointed’ Biden chose to cancel Keystone XL pipeline

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/01/22/canada-pm-justin-trudeau-disappointed-biden-chose-to-cancel-keystone-xl-pipeline-1019899/


BREAKING: Trudeau says 'Canadians and President Biden' share values right after Keystone XL pipeline cancelled

https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-trudeau-says-canadians-and-president-biden-share-values-on-fighting-against-climate-change


‘Insulting and disappointing’: Unions show signs of voter remorse after Biden reality sinks in

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/01/22/insulting-and-disappointing-unions-show-signs-of-voter-remorse-after-biden-reality-sinks-in-1019961/


January 23 2021

Inside Alberta's very bad week: A behind-the-scenes look at the killing of Keystone XL

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/inside-albertas-very-bad-week-a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-the-killing-of-keystone-xl


Trudeau urges Canadians to look past Biden decision to halt Keystone Pipeline project

https://thepostmillennial.com/trudeau-urges-canadians-to-forgive-biden-keystone-xl-pipeline


Solar projects in Inuvik awarded $800k

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/solar-projects-in-inuvik-awarded-800k-1.5881463


January 24 2021

China: Coal production, imports increase

https://menafn.com/1101482310/China-Coal-production-imports-increase&source=28


Farmers concerned over rail demand following Keystone XL cancellation

https://globalnews.ca/news/7596107/farmers-concerned-over-rail-demand-following-keystone-xl-cancellation/


January 26 2021

Clean Renewable? There Is No Wind Energy Without Fossil Fuels

https://cnsnews.com/commentary/vijay-jayaraj/clean-renewable-there-no-wind-energy-without-fossil-fuels


Calgary-based Cenovus Energy to lay off upward of 2,000 workers

https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/calgary-based-cenovus-energy-to-lay-off-upward-of-2-000-workers-1.5282448


Liberals have “national mandate” to tax carbon, Chrystia Freeland says at Davos

https://tnc.news/2021/01/26/liberals-have-national-mandate-to-tax-carbon-chrystia-freeland-says-at-davos/


January 28 2021

Joe Biden's attack on fossil fuel goes faster, further than anyone expected

https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/bidens-early-climate-blitz-goes-faster-further-than-expected


Liberals’ two-billion-trees promise to cost $2.78 billion more than planned, PBO says

https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2021/01/28/liberals-two-billion-trees-promise-to-cost-2-78-billion-more-than-planned-pbo-says-3/


‘It’s a big threat’: U.S. aims to shut down another cross-border pipeline — Line 5 to Ontario

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/its-a-big-threat-canadian-officials-say-u-s-has-resisted-efforts-to-avoid-shutdown-of-key-line-5-oil-pipeline


January 29 2021

Biden’s climate executive orders devastated these US workers in a day

https://nypost.com/2021/01/30/bidens-climate-executive-orders-devastated-these-us-workers/


January 31 2021

LILLEY: Why take one government jet when three will do?

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-why-take-one-government-jet-when-three-will-do


Tesla's dirty little secret: Its net profit doesn't come from selling cars

https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/tesla-s-dirty-little-secret-its-net-profit-doesn-t-come-from-selling-cars-1.5289810


February 1 2021

EVs are so heavy Continental had to invent a new weight rating for its tires

https://driving.ca/auto-news/news/evs-are-so-heavy-continental-had-to-invent-a-new-weight-rating-for-its-tires


February 3 2021

Oilsands giant Suncor Energy notes fourth-quarter loss on lower revenue, writedowns

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/oilsands-giant-suncor-energy-notes-004858927.html


China Built Three Times as Much Coal Power in 2020 as the Rest of the World Combined

https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2021/02/03/china-built-three-times-as-much-coal-power-in-2020-as-the-rest-of-the-world-combined/


February 4 2021

Nunavut hunters block mining road, airstrip in protest

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/nunavut-hunters-block-mining-road-airstrip-in-protest-1.5297454


February 7 2021

Kerry doesn't follow his own rules because he doesn't believe climate rhetoric

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/kerry-doesnt-follow-his-own-rules-because-he-doesnt-believe-climate-rhetoric


February 8 2021

WATCH: Elizabeth May Slammed In Parliament For Celebrating Loss Of Energy Sector Jobs In Western Canada

https://spencerfernando.com/2021/02/08/watch-elizabeth-may-slammed-in-parliament-for-celebrating-loss-of-energy-sector-jobs-in-western-canada/


As polar vortex arrives, Canada logs coldest temperature in years

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/as-polar-vortex-arrives-canada-logs-coldest-temperature-in-years-1.5300368


February 9 2021

Planned Enbridge Line 5 shutdown causes job-loss worries for Sarnia

https://torontosun.com/news/provincial/planned-enbridge-line-5-shutdown-causes-job-loss-worries-for-sarnia


February 10 2021

Rex Murphy: How cold is it in Saskatchewan? Colder than a carbon-tax-loving politician's heart

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-how-cold-is-it-in-saskatchewan-colder-than-a-carbon-tax-loving-politicians-heart


Patrick Moore: De-bunking climate and other varieties of alarmism

https://financialpost.com/opinion/patrick-moore-de-bunking-climate-and-other-varieties-of-alarmism


February 11 2021

Ottawa announces $55 million in clean tech funding for 20 companies

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/ottawa-announces-55-million-in-clean-tech-funding-for-20-companies-1.1562479


February 14 2021

$400M available in next round of funding to clean up inactive Alberta oil, gas sites

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/400m-available-in-next-round-of-funding-to-clean-up-inactive-alberta-oil-gas-sites-1.5307211


World’s ‘solar and wind capital’ freezing due to snow ‘blanketing millions’ of solar panels

https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6232075665001


February 15 2021

Nearly Half Of Texas’ Wind Turbines Frozen In Winter Storm, Limiting State’s Power Output

https://www.dailywire.com/news/nearly-half-of-texas-wind-turbines-frozen-in-winter-storm-limiting-states-power-output


February 17 2021

Canada owes $200M across 3 provinces after underestimating carbon tax revenue

https://globalnews.ca/news/7645094/canada-carbon-tax-revenues-rebates/


February 18 2021

Rex Murphy: As Texas winter storm shows, hurling public money at renewable energy is pure folly

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-as-texas-winter-storm-shows-hurling-public-money-at-renewable-energy-is-pure-folly


Don't Accept 100% Of The Climate Change Story And You Get Labeled A Racist

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/dont-accept-100-climate-change-story-and-you-get-labeled-racist


February 19 2021

Bloc vows to defeat budget if it helps oil and gas sectors

https://westernstandardonline.com/2021/02/bloc-vows-to-defeat-budget-if-it-helps-oil-and-gas-sectors/


February 20 2021

Western Canadian oil arrives in New Brunswick — by ship

https://context.capp.ca/energy-matters/2020/itn-cenovus-oil-shipment


February 22 2021

Environmentalists Spent a Record $2.4 Billion Pushing Global Warming Ideology

https://capitalresearch.org/article/environmentalists-spent-a-record-2-4-billion-pushing-global-warming-ideology/


February 25 2021

Diane Francis: Why it's time to resurrect Energy East

https://financialpost.com/diane-francis/diane-francis-why-its-time-to-resurrect-energy-east


February 26 2021

Vancouver Island fish farm begins euthanizing 1M salmon ahead of federal phase out

https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/vancouver-island-fish-farm-begins-euthanizing-1m-salmon-ahead-of-federal-phase-out-1.5322980


March 4 2021

Ottawa to announce $2.7-billion fund to electrify Canada’s public buses

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-ottawa-to-announce-27-billion-fund-to-electrify-canadas-public-buses/


March 5 2021

Colorado Oil & Gas Taunts The North Face At Mock Award Ceremony

https://denver.cbslocal.com/2021/03/05/colorado-oil-gas-the-north-face-award/


March 6 2021

GUNTER: Why are the Liberals standing up for Line 5 but not Keystone XL?

https://edmontonsun.com/opinion/columnists/gunter-why-are-the-liberals-standing-up-for-line-5-but-not-keystone-xl/wcm/f2fc3687-5c80-4aca-86e0-2eea6a94781f


March 8 2021

Diane Francis: Canada's biggest mistake was not building a cross-country oil pipeline — and the Line 5 standoff proves it

https://financialpost.com/diane-francis/diane-francis-canadas-biggest-mistake-was-not-building-a-cross-country-oil-pipeline-and-the-line-5-standoff-proves-it


Environmental spending in Canada, 2021 edition: Comparisons by industry and province

https://www.canadianenergycentre.ca/environmental-spending-in-canada-2021-edition-comparisons-by-industry-and-province/


March 10 2021

Cold hard facts—wind power no substitute for fossil fuels

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/article/cold-hard-facts-wind-power-no-substitute-for-fossil-fuels


March 15 2021

Quebec, Ottawa invest $100M to build electric vehicle battery plant

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/trudeau-legault-electric-vehicle-announcement-1.5949998


Climate change and cancel culture

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/climate-change-cancel-culture-bjorn-lomborg/


March 16 2021

Federal plan to hike carbon taxes to $170 per tonne would restrain economy, cost jobs: report

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/federal-plan-to-hike-carbon-taxes-to-170-per-tonne-would-restrain-economy-cost-jobs-report


March 19 2021

APRIL FOOLS' DAY, INDEED: Trudeau's carbon tax up 33% next month

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN1m67b_0jg


March 21 2021

Environmentalist media outlet received $355,000 from Trudeau government

https://tnc.news/2021/03/21/environmentalist-media-outlet-received-355000-from-trudeau-government/


March 24 2021

Energy advocate exposing well-funded anti-oil activists

https://tnc.news/2021/03/24/energy-advocate-exposing-well-funded-anti-oil-activists/


Tory party says they will kill carbon tax if elected

https://westernstandardonline.com/2021/03/breaking-tory-party-says-they-will-kill-carbon-tax-if-elected/


Despite Pledges to Cut Emissions, China Goes on a Coal Spree

https://e360.yale.edu/features/despite-pledges-to-cut-emissions-china-goes-on-a-coal-spree


March 25 2021

BREAKING: Supreme Court rules carbon tax to be legal in 6-3 decision

https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-supreme-court-rules-carbon-tax-to-be-legal


Judges OK Carbon Tax By 6-3

https://www.blacklocks.ca/judges-ok-carbon-tax-by-6-3/


Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act

https://www.scc-csc.ca/case-dossier/cb/2021/38663-38781-39116-eng.aspx


Canada’s carbon price is constitutional, Supreme Court rules

https://globalnews.ca/news/7718355/canada-carbon-tax-supreme-court-of-canada-constitutional/


LILLEY: Supreme Court sets dangerous precedent with carbon tax ruling

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-supreme-court-sets-dangerous-precedent-with-carbon-tax-ruling


GOLDSTEIN: Trudeau's carbon tax is legal — it's just a bad and ineffective law

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-trudeaus-carbon-tax-is-legal-its-just-a-bad-and-ineffective-law


Report 9—Investing in Canada Plan

https://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_oag_202103_04_e_43786.html?fbclid=IwAR0gKSRkpHYf_Am9P4wZfGl8dA0Cb3n2-5eToQPmz3KVIBbzrjYdxr8udh4


Despite court ruling, Ottawa’s carbon tax remains fundamentally flawed

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/blogs/despite-court-ruling-ottawas-carbon-tax-remains-fundamentally-flawed


March 26 2021

Rex Murphy: Carbon tax ruling a hard kick to the West, but sweet relief for Trudeau

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-carbon-tax-ruling-a-hard-kick-to-the-west-but-sweet-relief-for-trudeau


Supreme Extremism will leave Canadians hurting

https://www.affordableenergy.ca/supreme_extremism_will_leave_canadians_hurting


Conflict of Interest? Supreme Court Judge who ruled on carbon tax constitutionality spoke at event partnered with United Nations groups

https://divergemedia.ca/2021/03/26/conflict-of-interest-supreme-court-judge-who-ruled-on-carbon-tax-constitutionality-spoke-at-event-partnered-with-united-nations-groups/


LETTER: Alberta trampled again by the Laurentian overlords

https://westernstandardonline.com/2021/03/letter-alberta-trampled-again-by-the-laurentian-overlords/


What happened to two small South Dakota towns after Biden revoked the Keystone XL Pipeline permit

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/25/us/keystone-pipeline-south-dakota-impact/index.html


FACT CHECK: McKenna claimed farmers, Indigenous groups supported the carbon tax

https://tnc.news/2021/03/26/fact-check-mckenna-claimed-farmers-indigenous-groups-supported-the-carbon-tax/


Poilievre demands apology after pro-energy group slandered as white supremacists

https://tnc.news/2021/03/26/poilievre-demands-apology-after-pro-energy-group-slandered-as-white-supremacists/


Supreme Extremism will leave Canadians hurting

https://www.affordableenergy.ca/supreme_extremism_will_leave_canadians_hurting


March 27 2021

FUREY: The carbon tax ruling is judicial activism at its worst

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/furey-the-carbon-tax-ruling-is-judicial-activism-at-its-worst


March 28 2021

China generated over half world's coal-fired power in 2020: study

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climate-change-china-coal-idUSKBN2BK0PZ


March 29 2021

Instead Of A Carbon Tax On Canadians, Impose ‘Climate Tariffs’ On China

https://spencerfernando.com/2021/03/29/instead-of-a-carbon-tax-on-canadians-impose-climate-tariffs-on-china/


March 31 2021

The dystopian lake filled by the world’s tech lust

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150402-the-worst-place-on-earth


April 2 2021

Smith: Notley is the last person who can complain about rising utility bills

https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/smith-notley-is-the-last-person-who-can-complain-about-rising-utility-bills


April 12 2021

Canada emitted one million tonne more greenhouse gases in 2019 than 2018: Report

https://nationalpost.com/news/canadas-greenhouse-gas-emissions-increased-slightly-in-2019-report


April 16 2021

Canadian Crude Shipped from Newfoundland to U.S. West Coast in Unusual Demand Shift

https://gcaptain.com/canadian-crude-shipped-from-newfoundland-to-u-s-west-coast-in-unusual-demand-shift/


OPINION: A plan to reduce emissions while growing our economy

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-a-plan-to-reduce-emissions-while-growing-our-economy


April 21 2021

Opinion: Net-zero won't cure the climate but it may kill Canada

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/opinion-net-zero-won-t-cure-the-climate-but-it-may-kill-canada/ar-BB1fT1d1


April 22 2021

Canada plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions by up to 45 per cent by 2030

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canada-to-cut-greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-up-to-45-per-cent-by-2030/


GOLDSTEIN: Trudeau's latest climate pledge has a distinct odour

https://torontosun.com/opinion/goldstein-trudeaus-latest-climate-pledge-has-a-distinct-odour


April 23 2021

Rex Murphy: Renewing vows in the church of climate change

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-renewing-vows-in-the-church-of-climate-change


Jonathan Kay: Oh look: Now the ravines are racist, too

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jonathan-kay-oh-look-now-the-ravines-are-racist-too


April 24 2021

GOLDSTEIN: Trudeau's carbon tax, global emissions keep rising

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-trudeaus-carbon-tax-global-emissions-keep-rising


April 28 2021

11 Largest Oil Reserves by Country in the World in 2021

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/11-largest-oil-reserves-country-164927540.html


May 1 2021

GOLDSTEIN: Trudeau's absurd blame game on greenhouse gas emissions

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-trudeaus-absurd-blame-game-on-greenhouse-gas-emissions


May 2 2021

Looming showdown as Michigan governor orders Line 5 pipeline to Ontario shut down

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/looming-showdown-as-michigan-governor-orders-line-5-pipeline-to-ontario-shut-down/wcm/603462ea-f583-437c-8722-1c79451197ee/amp/


KERRY SPIRALS: Papers Show ‘Climate Czar’ Invested in Oil Companies Before Joining Biden Admin

https://hannity.com/media-room/kerry-spirals-papers-show-climate-czar-invested-in-oil-companies-before-joining-biden-admin/


May 3 2021

Suncor posts $821 million first-quarter profit on higher output, better oil prices

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/suncor-posts-821-million-first-002231404.html


May 4 2021

Climate Leader Emissions Up

https://www.blacklocks.ca/climate-leader-emissions-up/


Data shows carbon tax not working in BC

https://westernstandardonline.com/2021/05/data-shows-carbon-tax-not-working-in-bc/


May 5 2021

As clock ticks down on Enbridge's Line 5, anxiety grows in Sarnia and Michigan

https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/oil-gas/enbridge-line-5-clock-ticks-down-anxiety-grows-sarnia-michigan


May 6 2021

China’s greenhouse gas emissions exceed those of U.S. and developed countries combined, report says

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/06/chinas-greenhouse-gas-emissions-exceed-us-developed-world-report.html


Seaspan Shipyards to build Polar Icebreaker for Canadian Coast Guard

https://www.seaspan.com/seaspan-shipyards-build-polar-icebreaker-canadian-coast-guard


May 7 2021

OPINION: O’Toole’s carbon taxes would come with big costs for families

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-otooles-carbon-taxes-would-come-with-big-costs-for-families


China's emissions now exceed all the developed world's combined

https://phys.org/news/2021-05-china-emissions-world-combined.html


May 8 2021

Communist China: World's Biggest Climate Polluter Keeps Polluting

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/17336/china-pollution-climate


Conrad Black: The climate of fear that gave way to unjustifiable environmental policies

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-the-climate-of-fear-that-gave-way-to-unjustifiable-environmental-policies


May 11 2021

From the 'principled' ramsomware hackers who took down Colonial Pipeline: We regret it

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/principled-ramsomware-hackers-who-took-down-the-colonial-pipeline-we-regret-it


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