3-minute read
Les « faux débats » sur le transport du pétrole
Safe transportation of oil.
5-minute read
Higher energy costs, infinitesimal environmental benefits
The cost of economic restrictions on energy.
5-minute read
Le coût du caribou forestier
The likely costs in terms of jobs and economic activity of conservation measures to protect the boreal caribou.
14-minute read
The Economic Costs of the Boreal Caribou Recovery Plan
Since the addition of the boreal caribou to the threatened species list, the Quebec government has made considerable efforts to protect its habitat by limiting forestry companies’ access to the public forest. No one denies the need to have in place conservation measures for protecting biodiversity, as long as they have concrete positive effects and that the associated costs are not out of proportion with the goals. When it comes to the boreal caribou, though, these two criteria are not necessarily respected.
4-minute read
Pour croître à nouveau, l’industrie des ressources doit être libre d’agir
The natural resources sector's tax and regulatory burden.
5-minute read
Pour ou contre la taxe sur le carbone?
The cost of a carbon tax.
4-minute read
La roulette russe, la foudre et le faible risque des gaz de schiste
Exploiting shale gas versus certain levels of risk.
4-minute read
Shale Gas Opponents Are Committed to the Unrealizable Goal of Zero Risk
Exploiting shale gas vs. certain levels of risk.
4-minute read
Don’t make low CO2 emissions Holy Grail
Economic growth and wealth creation vs. climate change.
3-minute read
Quebec Is Being Deprived of the Benefits of Shale Gas Development
The shale gas development debate from the point of view of landowners.