The Parkland Institute

Parkland research: energy+policy

Reports and Books

• Taking the Reins:
  The Case for Slowing Alberta's Bitumen Production (Apr 2013)
  tagged with: bitumen, boom, boom-and-bust cycle, energy policy, oil sands, pacing, tar sands
• Misplaced Generosity: Update 2012:
  Extraordinary profits in Alberta's oil and gas industry (Mar 2012)
  tagged with: economics, energy policy, oil companies, royalties, tarsands
• Misplaced Generosity:
  Extraordinary profits in Alberta's oil and gas industry (Nov 2010)
  tagged with: energy policy, oil and gas, oil companies, oil royalties, oil sands, royalties, tar sands
• Private gain or public interest:
  Reforming Canada's oil and gas industry (Dec 2009)
  tagged with: energy policy
• Over a Barrel:
  Exiting from NAFTA's proportionality clause (Jul 2008)
  tagged with: energy policy, NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement, natural gas
• Freezing in the Dark:
  Why Canada Needs Strategic Petroleum Reserves (Jan 2008)
  tagged with: Canada, economics, energy policy, strategic petroleum reserves
• Selling Albertans Short:
  Alberta’s Royalty Review Panel Fails the Public Interest. (Oct 2007)
  tagged with: energy policy, oil royalties, tarsands
• Taming the Tempest:
  An Alternate Development Strategy for Alberta (May 2007)
  tagged with: boom-and-bust cycle, development, economics, energy policy, oil royalties
• Selling the family silver:
  Oil and Gas Royalties, Corporate Profits, and the Disregarded Public (Nov 2006)
  tagged with: development, energy policy, oil royalties, tarsands
• Fuelling Fortress America:
  A Report on the Athabasca Tar Sands and U.S. Demands for Canada's Energy (Mar 2006)
  tagged with: development, energy policy, natural gas, tarsands, U.S. politics
• Toward an energy security strategy for Canada:
  A discussion paper (Dec 2005)
  tagged with: Canada, energy policy, energy security, NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement, national energy strategy
• Giving Away the Alberta Advantage:
  Are Albertans receiving maximum revenues from their oil and gas? (Nov 1999)
  tagged with: Alberta advantage, energy policy, oil royalties

Media items

• Taking the Reins
  For Immediate Release | April 17, 2013
• Alberta has a new export: the petroleum trap
  Op-eds | February 22, 2013
• Shipping Alberta bitumen to China? It’s a very slow boat
  Op-eds | October 15, 2012
• Royalty reform long overdue
  Op-eds | April 09, 2012
• Misplaced Generosity
  For Immediate Release | March 15, 2012
• Alberta could lead next national energy program
  Op-eds | March 05, 2012
• It’s time Alberta stopped giving away its oil
  Op-eds | February 22, 2012
• Does anyone in government really care about Canadian jobs?
  Op-eds | February 15, 2012
• Harper must get fired up to deal with fuel shortage
  Op-eds | January 27, 2012
• What in tar-nation?
  Op-eds | July 27, 2011
• Generosity for energy sector, tough times for everyone else
  Op-eds | December 05, 2010
• Misplaced Generosity
  For Immediate Release | November 25, 2010
• Weak Canadian position at Copenhagen just one symptom of flawed business model in energy sector
  For Immediate Release | December 04, 2009
• Yesterday’s fuel, yesterday’s deal
  For Immediate Release | March 25, 2009
• Eastern Canada vulnerable to oil shortages
  For Immediate Release | October 10, 2008
• Canada prohibited from cutting gas and oil exports to the U.S. - even if we experience shortages
  For Immediate Release | September 17, 2008

Parkland Post stories

• OPEC and the Alberta Advantage:
  Excerpt from No Free Lunch and Other Myths
  Spring/Summer 2009 | tagged with: energy policy, OPEC - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, political myths
• Bitten by the deal that once fed us:
  Canadians should hope for an Obama presidency and the reopening of NAFTA
  Spring/Summer 2008 | tagged with: Canada, elections, energy policy, NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement, U.S. politics
• The SPP’s prospects are iffy with leaders short on political capital:
  Canadian bureaucrats are stuck in continentalist thinking, assuming that Canada has unlimited oil and gas surpluses to export
  Fall 2007 | tagged with: energy policy, SPP - Security and Prosperity Partnership, trade agreements

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