“Why I’m Excited to be Going to Reboot Alberta”

Michael Janz has a blog post that outlines his reasons to be excited about coming to Reboot Alberta.  He outlines some of his concerns about the political and other challenges facing Albertans.  Give him a read at http://michaeljanz.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/why-im-excited-to-be-going-to-reboot-alberta/

Preparing for the Final Boom

Here is another guest post but Richard Schneider who will be at Reboot Alberta PREPARING FOR THE FINAL BOOM  Since the advent of big oil, boom and bust cycles have been a fact of life in Alberta. Consequently, Albertans face the current economic crisis with a quiet resolve born of the knowledge that, soon enough, another [...]

GREEN OIL Author SATYA DAS Speaks Out!

Satya Das has written in op-ed for the French language newspaper Lapresse about the underliying principles of his new book “Green Oil: Clean Energy for the 21st Century.” The book is available online at www.greenoilbook.com We both used to write a regular monthly column for LaPresse on an Albertan’s perspective of Canadian issues.  There was a different [...]

Albertans Want to be Proud of Their Oilsands Development

CBC RADIO ONE COMMENTARY: TAPED SEPTEMBER 29, 2009  HERE IS A PIECE I JUST RECORDED FOR CBC RADIO 1 AS A  COMMENTARY ITEM FOR BROADCAST ON THE EDMONTON AM PROGRAM (740 AM AND 94.3 FM) There is a growing polarization about the Alberta oilsands. A few years ago the buzz was all about the size [...]

“It’s Easy Being Green”-Paul Krugman

Wow!  The NYT op-ed writers are on a green bandwagon these days.  Thomas Friedman weights in on a Green China and now Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman opines in the NYT on how easy it is to be green. The green transformation is imperative and the benefits to the economy, the environment and to society are enormous.  [...]

China Goes Green?

Here is a link to Economist Thomas L. Friedman’s take on the impact and import of China going green.  As always he has an interesting perspective.  I noted in my earlier blog post on the Recession Alphabet that one of the most interesting things to watch coming out of this  be the new role of India and China [...]

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