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In the wake of President Joe Biden’s executive order killing the Keystone XL pipeline extension, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau issue a statement saying that he was “disappointed but acknowledge[s] the President’s decision to fulfill his election campaign promise on Keystone XL.”
Which is to say, he folded.
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney (pictured left), meanwhile, is going on offense, and he’s trying...
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Under President Trump, the United States became the largest producer of oil in the world.
In 2019, the U.S. produced 12,248,000 barrels per day (BPD), topping Saudi Arabia, which produced 12,000,000 BPD, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Russia produced 10,800,000 BPD, while other nations in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) were far behind: Iraq at 4,451,516, Iran...
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Everything old is new again: The Biden administration is revoking the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, opposed during the Obama years, favored during the Trump term, and now disfavored yet again.
But one reality is eternal: The arguments against Keystone XL are as weak today as ever.
The all-purpose climate argument is the central focus: Keystone XL supposedly would worsen anthropogenic...
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As part of my Jan. 19 presentation for Friends of Science about there being no climate emergency, I also examined surface temperature in Canada to see how much warming there has been compared to climate models.
Canada has huge year-to-year variability in temperatures due to its strong continental climate.
So, to examine how observed surface temperature trends compare to climate model simulations,...
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President Joe Biden signed an executive order Monday to phase out the federal government’s use of vehicles that run on gas and replace them with ones that run on electricity.
The process is part of Biden’s “Made in America” executive order, which the president claims will create one million additional jobs in the auto industry in America.
“The federal government also owns...
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband placed a bet of up to $1 million on the future of Tesla Inc. under the Biden administration, which is expected to provide incentives to purchase more environmentally-friendly electric vehicles.
Pelosi, as speaker of the House, likely has insights into Biden’s plans for the industry, which are expected to include tax credits and other incentives to promote...