David Hughes

Canada's Energy Sector: Status, Evolution, Revenue, Employment, Production Forecasts, Emissions and Implications for Emissions Reduction

A new report from veteran earth scientist David Hughes and the Corporate Mapping Project looks at the state of Canada’s energy sector and the need for a stark change in direction so Canada can meet emissions targets and plan for a just transition for workers and communities.

• energy
• emissions

Alberta’s Energy War Room Reveals its True Colours as a Propaganda Mill

Last week a report was published by the Parkland Institute and Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). The Canadian Energy Centre (aka Premier Jason Kenney’s “War Room”) took exception to the report and wrote a hit piece designed to discredit it. The article is a classic propaganda exercise in erecting straw men and spreading disinformation.

• environment
• Trans Mountain Pipeline
• energy

Reassessment of Need for the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project

The assumptions underlying the federal government’s $12.6 billion commitment to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project (TMX) no longer stand up in 2020, according to a new report from veteran earth scientist David Hughes. The report concludes that TMX, if completed, would be surplus to Canadian requirements and would not result in the hoped-for price premium for Canadian producers.

• environment
• Corporate Mapping Project
• climate change

Canada's Energy Future Presentation

• Corporate Mapping Project
• oil & gas
• energy policy

Fact-checking Alberta's pipeline ads

This op-ed by Corporate Mapping Project researcher David Hughes appeared in the Edmonton Journal on February 20, 2019.

• corporations
• Corporate Mapping Project
• oil & gas

False advertising by the Alberta government and oil lobby

David Hughes debunks three of the claims from the Alberta government's $23-million "Keep Canada Working" Trans Mountain pipeline expansion campaign.

• Corporate Mapping Project
• oil & gas
• energy policy

Selling off oil fast as we can isn't an energy plan

This op-ed by Corporate Mapping Project researcher David Hughes appeared in the Edmonton Journal on October 23, 2018.

• Corporate Mapping Project
• oil & gas
• energy policy

Politics versus the future: Canada’s Orwellian energy standoff

This op-ed by David Hughes, author of the Parkland Institute/Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives report Canada’s Energy Outlook: Current Realities and Implications for a Carbon-constrained Future appeared in the May 14, 2018 Vancouver Sun.

• Corporate Mapping Project
• climate change
• oil & gas
• energy policy

Canada's Energy Outlook: Current Realities and Implications for a Carbon-constrained Future

This comprehensive report analyses Canada’s energy system and assesses future options to maintain energy security and meet climate commitments as a foundation for planning a viable long-term energy strategy.

• energy policy
• climate change
• oil & gas
• Corporate Mapping Project

Will the Trans Mountain Pipeline and Tidewater Access Boost Prices and Save Canada’s Oil Industry?

This report challenges the argument that Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project will lead to a higher price being paid for Alberta bitumen by getting oil from Alberta to tidewater.

• energy policy
• climate change
• oil & gas
• Corporate Mapping Project