Economics

Peak Oil Happened Already
by Douglas Smyth
opednews.com
July 18, 2008

LABOUR: AFL denounces “out of control” import of “disposable” foreign workers in Alberta

(AlbertaIndex, July 29, Tuesday) --- The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) has hit out at the provincial and federal governments as well as employers for letting the number of “disposable” foreign workers flooding into Alberta to reach “out of control” proportions.

City population growth to boost housing demand
Kathy McCormick, Calgary Herald
Published: Saturday, July 26, 2008

In spite of the lower number of housing construction starts this year, people are moving to Calgary -- and they're buying homes in the suburbs, says the latest city census.

Lessons in simplicity on warming
Jul 29, 2008 04:30 AM
Albert Koehl

The most useful lessons to be learned in the fight against global warming can probably be gleaned from grade-school problem-solving exercises – for example, that letting air out of the tires of a truck that doesn't quite fit under a bridge is easier than raising the bridge. In other words, difficult problems don't always call for complicated solutions.

Investors urged to kick the tar sands habit

New report claims carbon intensive projects to extract oil from Canadian tar sands present unacceptable business risks
James Murray, BusinessGreen, 29 Jul 2008

Investors are to be urged to shun controversial projects to extract oil from North American tar fields following the publication of a major new report that claims the carbon intensive processes involved represent an unacceptable environmental and business risk.

Quote from the article below:
"It could also, conceivably, shut down Canada's only tactical bombing range at Cold Lake."

Unshackling the Mackenzie
McCrank offers blueprint to untangle NWT’s cumbersome regulatory regime

By Gary Park

For Petroleum News

Editor’s note: TransCanada’s proposed gas pipeline route from Alaska’s North Slope to Alberta gas hub does not go through the Northwest Territories.

Canada’s northern territories are a step closer to a simpler system to regulate development of their minerals, forestry and oil and natural gas.

NEB gives nod to Canadian expansion of Keystone pipeline

By The Canadian Press - For Business Edge
Published: 07/25/2008

The National Energy Board has approved a plan to expand the Canadian portion of the TransCanada Keystone Pipeline (TSX:TRP) project.

The $348-million expansion will allow Keystone to increase its capacity by 156,000 barrels per day to 591,000 bpd.

The Canadian portion of the Keystone pipeline will extend from Hardisty to a point near Haskett, Man.

Red tape ties up Mackenzie plan
Herald News Services
Published: Friday, July 25, 2008

As the Alaska pipeline clears political hurdles and marches forward, Canada's own multibillion-dollar plan to tap Arctic natural gas reserves in the Mackenzie Delta remains in regulatory limbo.

The fact wasn't lost on Northwest Territories industry minister Bob McLeod.

Naomi Klein: Bush Sees Crises in Fuel, Food, Housing and Banking as Chance to Exploit Us More
By Amy Goodman
Jul 20, 2008, 06:04

People are desperate for solutions but instead they're handed policies that don't solve the crises, and are highly profitable for corporations.