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Stand.Earth’s Misguided Report on the Trans Mountain Expansion Project

Stand.Earth’s Misguided Report on the Trans Mountain Expansion Project

Contributed by Robert Lyman©2019

Robert Lyman is an Ottawa energy policy consultant, former public servant and diplomat. His full bio is here. 

Stand.earth recently published a report that allegedly offers the Canadian public information about what the construction of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project Will Look Like and its social and ecological impacts. Entitled, Seven Construction Hotspots:…

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Canada’s Flawed Carbon Tax System

Canada’s Flawed Carbon Tax System

Contributed by Robert Lyman © 2019

Robert Lyman is an Ottawa energy policy consultant. He was a public servant for 27 years and a diplomat for 10 years prior. His full biography is here.

The Trudeau government, supported by environmental groups and many in the Canadian business community, has implemented a carbon dioxide pricing system as one component of the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean…

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Debunking Ecofiscal’s “Carbon Pricing Myths”

Debunking Ecofiscal’s “Carbon Pricing Myths”

Contributed by Robert Lyman © 2019

Robert Lyman is an Ottawa energy policy consultant, former public servant of 27 years and a diplomat for 10 years prior to that.   Read his recent publication: “Transition to Reality: The Propsects for Rapid Global Decarbonization.”

A group of economists known as the Ecofiscal Commission has recently published a reportthat claims to debunk 10 myths about carbon…

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Insights From An Energy Flow Chart Of The United States

Contributed by Robert Lyman © 2017

Robert Lyman is an Ottawa energy policy consultant who has 27 years experience as a public servant and 10 years experience as a diplomat.

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is one of three prestigious energy research institutions funded by the United States Department of Energy. It periodically produces energy “flow charts” that depict and quantify the…

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The Carbon Dioxide Word Game

The Carbon Dioxide Word Game

Contributed by Robert Lyman © 2017

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  Young adults in Canada today have grown up during a period when educational standards are significantly different from those of previous generations, and “environmental awareness”, was often included as a formal or informal part of the curriculum. Yet, misconceptions abound. I was reminded of this the other day when a young…

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Transportation of Oil & Natural Gas in North America - by the Numbers

Transportation of Oil & Natural Gas in North America – by the Numbers

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Contributed by Robert Lyman © August 2017

Robert Lyman is an Ottawa energy policy consultant with 27 years of experience as a public servant and prior to that, 10 years of experience as a diplomat.

Almost every day, we read about environmentalist activists trying to block the construction of oil and natural gas pipelines and marine ports for oil and natural gas liquids tankers in…

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