Quebec’s Green Opportunity
June 3, 2020
Why does Quebec spend billions of dollars each year importing natural gas when it could develop and use its own local natural gas resources instead? That’s what we investigated …
Category: Energy & Resource Development
Another major project bites the dust
May 14, 2020
New Canadian think tank SecondStreet.org updated its list of stalled or cancelled major natural resource projects today following the Supreme Court’s rejection of an appeal for the proposed $1.5 billion New Prosperity Mine in British Columbia.
Could you imagine fighting COVID-19 without oil?
May 11, 2020
Just for starters, you’d have to walk to the grocery store…
POLICY BRIEF: Oil and gas polling
April 29, 2020
As part of SecondStreet.org’s ongoing research into natural resource development, we contracted Leger to conduct some public opinion research. This policy brief summarizes the results of four oil and gas industry questions that we posed to the public between March 13 -16, 2020.
Poll: Canadians not-so-extreme about oil
April 29, 2020
New Canadian think tank SecondStreet.org released public opinion research today that shows a majority of Canadians don’t have the same views towards the oil and gas sector that anti-oil environmental protestors often advocate.
POLICY BRIEF: The implications of keeping oil in the ground
April 20, 2020
The demands of certain environmental organizations to completely phase out oil and gas development and to “keep it in the ground” have been gaining in popularity. These demands are now reaching the ears of some politicians, whose decisions reflect a growing aversion to the use and development of petroleum and gas products.
Oil and having a baby
April 20, 2020
Could you imagine raising a baby without using any products that are made from oil? Watch this clip and let us know.
LESSON FOR STUDENTS: What happens if we keep oil in the ground?
April 20, 2020
Lesson for students: How would their lives be affected if we kept oil in the ground? What are some realistic things that students can do to help the environment?
Oil in a Tesla
April 10, 2020
Some people want governments to keep oil in the ground. Can you guess how that would that affect an electric car like a Tesla?
Oil and your grocery store
April 3, 2020
Some environmentalists want governments to simply “keep oil in the ground.” How would that affect your grocery store? We visited a grocery store in Winnipeg to learn more about how that would affect your shopping experience.
CALGARY HERALD COLUMN: Cost of cancelled projects is equal to building a new arena every day for a year
March 9, 2020
We have seen many news stories in the past few years about major oil, gas, and mining projects being cancelled in our country. SecondStreet.org recently tallied up the total for those projects and it’s a staggering number…
Major projects, major stalls
February 28, 2020
Following the recent cancellation of the Teck mine in Alberta, SecondStreet.org updated its list of stalled or cancelled natural resource projects in Canada since 2014. The value of those projects is now more than the equivalent of building an NHL-sized arena every day for a year.
