The Labour Party has outlined a five-point plan for accelerating the end of fossil fuel imports and protecting consumers from rising bills, ahead of the publication of the Government s promised Energy Independence Strategy.
Seamus O’Regan, Canada’s ‘We Can Have It All’ Energy Minister He says oilsands output must rise as we shift to green energy and small nuclear reactors. First of two.
Michael Harris, a Tyee contributing editor, is a highly-awarded journalist and documentary maker. His investigations have sparked four commissions of inquiry. SHARES Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O’Regan in Alberta heralding TMX construction on Dec. 3, 2019. ‘We can put a price on pollution, and buy the Trans-Mountain pipeline,’ he told The Tyee. Photo by Jason Franson, The Canadian Press.
Seamus O’Regan became the minister in charge of Canada’s energy future after the 2019 election and therefore will be recorded by history as a hero or villain in meeting the global climate crisis. He knows it well, given that Canada currently is the fourth largest oil power.