Natural gas offers an enormous opportunity for a cleaner atmosphere
On the final day of the June 2015 G7 summit in Germany, host Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the leaders had agreed on the need to “decarbonize the global economy in the course of this century.” Environmental activists were exultant. A week later, Pope Francis issued an Encyclical calling for the world to come together to…
The reality is that end users, including environmentalists, contribute the largest proportion of global GHG emissions
Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution in the mid 1700’s, fossil fuels have transformed mankind’s journey in almost every conceivable way. Agricultural production has soared, transportation was revolutionized, electrical power enabled breathtaking technological advancements and petro-chemistry has provided synthetic materials for the manufacture of everything from fertilizers to plastics to clothing and even heart…
Canada remains the only G-7 nation besides Germany not facing a major deficit
Several years ago, a Globe and Mail Report on Business article highlighted the newspaper’s commitment to providing “perspective” in its news stories. I have long considered that a laudable and necessary component of professional journalism. Unfortunately, it’s all too rare in today’s print and electronic media. One of the most egregious examples of failure to present…
GMOs may be the only way to avoid catastrophic global water and food shortages
The only country in the world that forbids competition with the public healthcare system