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Aquaculture: First Nations push for collaboration over conflict

First Nations summit aims to move decades-old aquaculture conflict to a new place of collaboration led by Indigenous seafood partnerships.

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The high price of being a Green Canadian

Doing business in BC means shelling out more to deal with carbon costs, writes Stewart Muir.

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Indigenous leadership in an era of energy transformation

Why Indigenous oil and gas has a role to play in Canada’s energy future.

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This First Nations fisheries discussion aims to cast a net around common ground

The 2023 Indigenous Partnerships Success Showcase runs June 1 and 2 at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

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Canadian complacency could risk a once-in-a-generation LNG opportunity

BC LNG faces competition on all sides as Alaskan and Mexican projects move forward.

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Provincial policy is inflaming forestry woes

BC policies are making an existing crisis of fibre supply worse, pushing mills to close and putting thousands out of their jobs, writes Josiah Haynes.

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Vancouver conference to showcase rising tide of Indigenous leadership in Canada’s economy

"In every sector across Canada, there are opportunities for Indigenous communities and the business world to work together to achieve great things."

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Mining is the secret ingredient to realistic decarbonization

BC mines can help power an energy transition that puts people first, writes Margareta Dovgal.

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BC Hydro’s impossible task

Provincial grid capacity is on a collision course with electric vehicle targets and new, expedited net-zero demands for LNG facilities. Margareta Dovgal explores.

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Climate challenges and the carbon tech solution

Margareta Dovgal on how carbon management is essential on the road to net zero emissions.

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Federal budget signals new attitudes and welcome reforms in Ottawa

Budget 2023-2024 offers a Canadian response to the Inflation Reduction Act alongside needed regulatory reforms for natural resource projects.

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Climate protectionism is a barrier to international solutions

Emissions are global. Taking an exclusively local view risks progress on humanitarian and environmental goals, writes Josiah Haynes. 

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What’s next for Cedar LNG?

Cedar LNG’s environmental approval is good news, but overly burdensome conditions may threaten future projects in the public interest.

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Hit the throttle: BC’s LNG engine is ready to go

Indigenous-led projects are helping create a historic boom in BC that should not be stalled by provincial uncertainty, writes Margareta Dovgal.

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Free market energy solutions and a Canadian response to the Inflation Reduction Act

All eyes on the federal government in this conversation between Michael Binnion, Ed Whittingham, Shannon Stubbs and others.

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Equity partnerships represent a turning point for Indigenous communities

Indigenous entrepreneurs are redefining the possible. Josiah Haynes explores the partnerships defining a new generation of economic reconciliation in natural resources.

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Our LNG exports only make sense

As the world reverts to coal, Canadian LNG is needed now more than ever, says the First Nations LNG Alliance.

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Greenwashing label discourages real solutions to energy crisis

Catherine McKenna’s attack against Canada’s energy sector irresponsible and oblivious to the world’s energy challenges, writes Lisa Baiton.

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Participation and access to capital: Building blocks of economic reconciliation

A behind-the-scenes look at the historic Coastal GasLink equity options deal from four key participants.

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New era for natural resources and reconciliation

New revenue-sharing proposals could transform Canada's relationship with Indigenous peoples and unlock natural resource development. Josiah Haynes explores.

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How the Squamish Nation and partners made history

An inside look at the first-ever binding Indigenous-led environmental assessments of pipeline projects in Canada.

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Natural resource dollars bridge urban-rural gap

New study by iTOTEM Analytics shows the massive contributions of natural gas industry investments to BC communities from Fort St. John to Vancouver.

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Incentives or subsidies?

Resource Works delivers a new report on fossil-fuel subsidies and incentives to the Canadian Parliament’s Standing Committee on Natural Resources.

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Canadian energy in a tumultuous world

From net-zero to Ukraine and the energy crisis, here are our top ten takeaways from Peter Tertzakian's remarks on the state of Canadian energy at Resource Work's inaugural lunch event series.

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Obligation or opportunity?

The former CEO of Trans Mountain describes his journey of understanding and reconciliation.

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Must Canada skip the natural gas debate on the path to net-zero?

Stewart Muir makes the case for Canadian LNG in this excerpt from Policy Magazine.

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Natural resources and reconciliation

Adam Pankratz makes the reconciliation case for Canadian natural resource development in this excerpt from the Rights & Respect Magazine.

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Have we forgotten who we are?

Canada can reclaim natural resource leadership by remembering what it is, writes Margareta Dovgal in this update for Resource Works.

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What happens when electrification and reconciliation collide?

New study shows 54 percent of global mining projects are located on Indigenous territories. Finding a collaborative path forward has never been more important.

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Fairy Creek controversy exposes racism (but not where you might think)

Protest groups continue to exclude Indigenous rightsholders from a narrative that was already weak on facts, writes Josiah Haynes.

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The economic cost of reducing nitrogen fertilizer use

Groceries are getting more expensive. But how would the proposed federal fertilizer cuts impact the economy?

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Must Premier Eby choose between fossil fuels and climate commitments?

Stewart Muir: A response to the Sierra Club, Dogwood BC and other authors of a recent Vancouver Sun op-ed.

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An invitation to BC's new municipal leaders

From climate change to affordability, Resource Works is here to provide a platform for dialogue around our shared resource future, says Stewart Muir.

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Breaking down the vote

Municipal elections create a new landscape for BC's natural resource towns as familiar faces are replaced with new voices.

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COMEDY: Quick Dick McDick opines on "Just Stop Oil" 🌻🛢️

Saskatchewan comedian Quick Dick McDick, or as we sometimes call him, the Sage of Tuffnell, offers up some incisive, albeit rather colourful, commentary on the recent happenings from the Just Stop Oil crew. Tune in for his latest diatribe, or check out our transcript.

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A chance for change

A world in flux needs Canada. Can we keep up? Margareta Dovgal reflects on how to respond to changing paradigms and political realities.

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Global leadership requires fixing our energy issues first

The British pound is crashing as Europe's energy system falters under Russian exploitation. If Canada wants to help Europe tomorrow, it must act today writes Margareta Dovgal.

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Jobs come from trees

How many forestry jobs are there in BC, and how does the sector compare to the rest of Canada? David Elstone responds and shows why a ban on log exports would be counterproductive.

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BC’s paradigm shift on old growth will be about more than just trees

Alice Palmer: We need to change not only how we log but also how we listen to each other.

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Let’s follow a model of "reconcili-ACTION" this Truth and Reconciliation Day

Chief Ian Campbell shares a path to reconciliation through partnership in this story first published by The Daily Hive.

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Are we playing chicken with reality?

If North America succumbs to childish platitudes championed by energy know-nothings, it risks becoming the next Europe, writes the group of energy commentators known as Doomberg.

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When green hydrogen and reality collide

The international trade of green hydrogen will not make a meaningful contribution to energy security for decades, writes Kelly Ogle in The Hill Times.

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Resource Works marks ten years with fresh commitment to goals

New team to be ratified followed by September 27 lunch event featuring energy expert Peter Tertzakian in Vancouver.

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Carbon tech or carbon taxes: what’s the best approach to climate action?

New Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre lost no time in making it clear he’s a believer in technology-driven climate solutions over taxation. To understand the situation, best look southward.

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Notes on a death spiral

The UK is a world leader in failing energy policy, writes Richard Norris.

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How did things get so bad, so fast?

Notes from the coming energy crisis, by Stewart Muir and Margareta Dovgal.

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Do they just not care?

Ottawa's discussion paper on BC salmon farms conveys insincere consultation, writes Margareta Dovgal.

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Energy realism begins with carbon capture

Federal carbon capture investment needed to reach emissions reduction targets, writes Margareta Dovgal. 

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Old growth forests, wood products and carbon emissions

The science isn’t black and white, writes Alice Palmer.

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Net-zero needs natural resource innovation

Margareta Dovgal: New innovations in mining, energy and aquaculture offer solutions to environmental and economic troubles.

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