Falling Prices Force Medicine Hat to Shut 2,000 Gas Wells – The Energy Mix
Crashing gas prices have been costing the city of 60,000 about C$30 to $35 million per year, said Mayor Ted Clugston.
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Barrage of hate follows after man points out logical flaw in Calgary Transit system | CBC News
The ticket machines can print tickets in English or French but several
transit operators have failed to recognize it as a valid ticket. After
the story was published the most vile comments came pouring in:
transit operators have failed to recognize it as a valid ticket. After
the story was published the most vile comments came pouring in:
“hey faggot! tak
ur french bullshit … and get the f–k out of my town!!! If i see you
in MY BEAUTIFUL CITY kickin up shit storms over NOTHIN i’ll take ur
f–kin head right off …,” one response read.
“This
is just the kind of b&llshit that one should expect from a pinko
hippie leftie entitled faggot artist like you.… You best hope I never
see your pouting smug little victim face … if I do, then you will get a
big lesson in humility comin,” read another message.
“I
will happily curb stomp you out of your misery if I every (sic) happen
to come across your sorry sight,” was yet another message.
And
those weren’t the worst of the messages, Maciak said. He didn’t share
them initially, but this reporter felt they provided necessary context.
In that light, Scotiabank commodity economist Rory Johnston said Canadian fossil producers might see renewed discussion about secure crude oil supplies. “Historically, we’ve seen more of the sentiment toward the Canadian oil sector as being couched in terms of oil security, which as a concept has kind of fallen by the wayside,” he told CBC. “This will likely raise that energy security narrative back to the forefront of public discussion, which all else equal, should benefit the Canadian oilpatch as a source of secure supply—politically secure, and right next door to the United States.”
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney echoed that message, tweeting that “the strike on Saudi refineries should be a wake-up call” and touting Alberta as “the most secure major source of energy” in the world.
Kenney was also looking at scaling back the province’s oil production cuts and allowing Canadian fossils to increase their exports, CBC and the Globe and Mail reported. But Judith Dwarkin, chief energy economist at RS Energy Group, said the world’s existing oil stockpiles plus the recent scale of U.S. production should be enough to limit the impact of the drone strike on global oil prices.
A curriculum review panelist recently appointed by Jason Kenney’s
government is an American scholar who specializes in work looking at
public subsidies for privately-run religious schools.
government is an American scholar who specializes in work looking at
public subsidies for privately-run religious schools.
The American researcher, Ashley Berner, confirmed to PressProgress that her work is “supported” by the Charles Koch Foundation, a right-wing organization pushing for public-funding of private and charter schools in the United States.
The Charles Koch Foundation told PressProgress it gave her research unit nearly one million dollars last year.
Last month, Education Minister Adriana LaGrange named the foreign, Koch-funded scholar as one of the experts on a panel that is tasked with rewriting the curriculum in Alberta schools — the panel includes no current Alberta teachers.
Alberta Public Inquiry: A submission to the Commissioner
Devon Page, Executive Director of Ecojustice sent out a newsletter today saying:
Dear Steve,
Canadian courts are clear that government interference in free speech is unconstitutional, an abuse of power and, ultimately, a threat to democracy.
That’s why Ecojustice is fighting back against Premier Kenney’s targeted attacks on environmental charities and Canadians concerned about the reality of climate change. In a stern letter sent yesterday morning, Ecojustice lawyers warned Steve Allan — the man tasked with heading up Premier Kenney’s public inquiry — that under its current terms of reference, the inquiry is unlawful, unconstitutional, and cannot proceed.
Should Allan fail to address the fundamental issues of fairness outlined in our letter, the Kenney government can and should expect further legal action.
Kenney’s inquiry is a blatant attempt to target and silence voices that are lawfully participating in social and political discourse about climate change and the necessary, inevitable global shift away from fossil fuels.
Rather than take steps to protect Albertans from climate breakdown, Premier Kenney has prioritized wealthy oil and gas interests whose enrichment depends on exacerbating the climate crisis and chosen to sink millions of taxpayer dollars into a political exercise.
Thanks to your committed support, Ecojustice will not be intimidated by these bullying tactics.Premier Kenney’s spoiling for a fight. He’s got one.
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If you’re interested in seeing the letter, you can download it here: