Setting record straight on oil industry’s contributions to economy

Renewable energy is not free as Senator Rosa Galvez suggests, nor is it fossil-fuel free, or free of other environmental impacts such as tailings ponds or threats to wildlife. There are environmental tradeoffs associated with all forms of energy, writes Shannon Joseph of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.

A view of the oil sands in Fort McMurray, Alta. The Hill Times file photo

Opinion

BY Shannon Joseph

August 21, 2018

There have been some arguments that the use of fossil fuels since the industrial revolution has been tantamount to conducting a 200-year experiment on the climate. But the inconvenient truth for many is that the use of fossil fuels has reduced energy poverty and is som...

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