Andrew Leach
The Globe and Mail
Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Opinion: The symbolic meanings – and literal death – of Teck’s Frontier mine project
In the end, the debate over the now-scuttled oil-sands mine was less about facts and more about what it meant, and continues to mean, to Albertans and all Canadians → Read More
The best and worst federal party climate plans, graded
A climate scientist and an economist assign letter grades to the major parties’ plans to cut carbon emissions → Read More
Why Alberta should commit to a Keystone XL contract
In oil markets, easy wins and sure bets are hard to find. For a province such as Alberta, a long-term commitment to KXL is as close to that as we’re going to get → Read More
How Donald Trump killed the Energy East pipeline
U.S President set in motion a sequence of events and led to the demise of one pipeline while potentially saving another → Read More
Why Petronas cancelled its plans for an LNG project on B.C.'s coast
Market forces played a far bigger role in the decision to scrap the LNG project than many seem willing to acknowledge → Read More
Is Justin Trudeau a hypocrite on climate change?
If Canada’s policies, implemented globally, would get us closer to meeting global goals, then we’re on the right track, and that’s certainty the case with what Mr. Trudeau is proposing to date → Read More
An inside look at Alberta's new climate change rules
And why I've decided to become a climate change advisor to the Alberta government → Read More
Government scientists should speak freely – sometimes
Government workers can discuss their research, but there have to be limits when it comes to policy formation → Read More
Should we trust the Alberta PCs on energy policy?
What the Prentice Plan would mean for Alberta's energy resources, for refining in Alberta, for greenhouse gas policy, and for savings → Read More
What would energy look like under a Wildrose government?
Where Wildrose leader Brian Jean stands on the pace of oil sands development, carbon pricing, and what Alberta should do with its oil wealth → Read More
What would an Alberta NDP government do with energy policy
On many energy issues, it's hard to find a lot of daylight between Alberta NDP policies and those of the other two front-running parties → Read More
Cap and trade an opportunity for Alberta
Without a credible carbon-pricing regime, the province will shoulder the blame if Canada misses its global emissions target → Read More
Build refineries with money, not bitumen
We should always maximize the value of a resource, but that’s not done by selling it for less → Read More
Time for straight talk on greenhouse gas emissions in Alberta
Alberta is going to have to demonstrate that its economy, including the oil sands, is compatible with globally credible greenhouse gas policies → Read More
In the oil sands, this is not the time to panic
The headline cost of a barrel is only one of many factors that influence the viability of projects → Read More
Why building a massive oil sands refinery would be a bad idea
There are far more important things for Alberta's government to spend its money on than subsidizing an oil sands refinery → Read More
Refine it where you mine it? The value-adders are back.
We should be finding the most lucrative markets for our bitumen and making sure that we charge an appropriate rate for companies extracting it → Read More
Three very different reasons people oppose Northern Gateway
The decision on Northern Gateway has brought to the forefront those who oppose pipelines on protectionist grounds, or at least purport to do so → Read More
How not to be fooled by statements on emission 'reductions'
Andrew Leach explains, with the help of chicken wings and beer → Read More
Oil's value lies in profits, not costs
A lower cost of production is much more desirable in terms of broad economic benefit → Read More