top of page
Search


Opinion: Plan for a low-carbon Alberta
By Gordon Laxer, Edmonton Journal January 31, 2015 As Alberta’s economic engine falters, now is a good time to rethink the province...
-
Feb 1, 20153 min read
1 view
0 comments


Opinion: Canada should stockpile oil while prices are low
Gordon Laxer, Special to Montreal Gazette Published on: January 20, 2015 While oil is cheap, China is cannily buying up to 700,000...
-
Jan 21, 20153 min read
0 views
0 comments


On the ethics and economics of the Sands and transport of its oil
Burlington Discussion Group hosted by Jim Henry and Kiran Yashpal I led a discussion among 16 or so people at the home of Jim Henry and...
-
Jan 14, 20153 min read
0 views
0 comments


Shivering. Will the Rich Corner future energy supplies?
My talk at the Parkland Institute's Fall Conference 2014 People Vs. Profiteers: Demanding Justice and Equity November 21 - 23, 2014 Nov...
-
Jan 5, 201522 min read
0 views
0 comments


It's Time to Nationalize the Tar Sands: Lukacs
Half of Canadians support a public takeover. We can't allow corporate recklessness any longer. By Martin Lukacs, 12 Dec 2014, TheTyee.ca...
-
Dec 13, 20145 min read
0 views
0 comments


Interview for KDNK Community Radio in Carbondale, Colorado
Valley Voices Dr. Gordon Laxer, Canadian author, political economist, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Alberta, talks about...
-
Feb 28, 20141 min read
1 view
0 comments


Canadian Left split over Alberta oilsands: Walkom
Canadian Left split over Alberta oilsands: Walkom Some, like left-nationalist guru Mel Watkins say the tarsands should be shut right...
-
Jan 11, 20143 min read
0 views
0 comments


Alberta’s Sands, Staples and Traps
Alberta’s Sands, Staples and Traps
-
Oct 1, 20131 min read
0 views
0 comments


Energy East? Use oil from Newfoundland, not the tar sands
Energy East? Use oil from Newfoundland, not the tar sands In Saint John New Brunswick, Mr. Harper exclaimed that with TransCanada's...
-
Aug 26, 20134 min read
1 view
0 comments


Pipelines won't solve our problems
Edmonton Journal published on Apr 6, 2013, was also published in the Victoria Times Colonist, the Montreal Gazette, the Calgary Herald....
-
Apr 6, 20134 min read
2 views
0 comments
-
Jan 18, 20130 min read
4 views
0 comments


Quebec ‘Non’ looms over west-to-east pipeline gambit
Toronto Star, October 13, 2012 October always brings shorter days, falling leaves and the bite of frost. This year, frost in Alberta is...
-
Oct 13, 20123 min read
1 view
0 comments
-
Oct 1, 20110 min read
1 view
0 comments
National Energy Strategy a fraud
National Energy Strategy a fraud Don’t you dare ever try a national energy plan on us again, they cried. Leave it to the market....
-
Jul 27, 20113 min read
0 views
0 comments


What in tar-nation?
Published in the Toronto Star July 26, 2011 I never thought I’d see the day when the words “national,” “energy” and “strategy” would be...
-
Jul 26, 20113 min read
1 view
0 comments
"Transitioning off fossil fuels" fall 2011 grad course
"Transitioning off fossil fuels" fall 2011 grad course There is a wide awareness of the changes climate change may bring, but Canadians...
-
Jul 14, 20113 min read
0 views
0 comments
Yesterday's fuel, yesterday's deal
Yesterday's fuel, yesterday's deal Appeared in: The Globe and Mail 03/25/2009 Suncor’s proposed buyout of Petro-Canada is being touted as...
-
Mar 25, 20094 min read
0 views
0 comments
-
Feb 12, 20090 min read
0 views
0 comments
Bitten by the deal that once fed us
Bitten by the deal that once fed us Appeared in: The Globe and Mail 06/23/2008 John McCain’s visit to Canada on Friday was a preview of...
-
Jun 23, 20084 min read
2 views
0 comments
Strategic petroleum reserves
Strategic petroleum reserves Appeared in: The Globe and Mail 02/07/2008 When Cape Bretoners were hit with a furnace-oil shortage in...
-
Feb 8, 20083 min read
0 views
0 comments
bottom of page