Frontier Centre in the Media

Mr. President: For Next Energy Czar, Choose More Carefully – February 12, 2013
President Barack Obama and the Senate must not repeat the mistake of choosing another climate activist for U.S. secretary of energy. Although well-qualified in his field of physics, outgoing Secretary Dr. Steven Chu brought a dangerously naïve vision of both climate change and America’s energy future to Washington.

Canada to Build Oil Pipeline to Serve Asia – December 3, 2012
Canada is scrambling to build an expansive new oil pipeline network to reach new markets including Asia as its sole customer, the United States, hikes production, aiming to become the world's top exporter.

Breaking a Few Eggs – May 24, 2012
Prince Edward Point has been named a "Globally Important Birding Area" in 1998, and Environment Canada has declared it a wildlife sanctuary. Millions of birds migrate through this tiny area every year, more so than grace even Point Pelee. So it seems rather strange that just a few kilometres down the road the Ontario government has proposed installing the most efficient bird killing machines ever, in the form of a huge wind farm. All to protect the environment.

Eco Hypothesis Faulty – April 5, 2012
While reducing energy consumption to conserve natural resources, reduce pollution and save money is a worthwhile activity and something all sensible people support, Earth Hour is not based on these goals.

Let's Take the Hot Air Out of Global Warming Debate – December 15, 2011
In advance of the conference, the Canadian government signalled that it will formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol - something that was confirmed Monday.

Climate Change 'Skeptic' Concludes World is Warming – November 8, 2011
A physics professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and self-described global warming "skeptic" has just completed a major global temperature study, concluding that the world has been warming by 1 C since the mid-1950s.

Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions And Canada: Do People Still Care? – June 17, 2011
The Harper government’s quiet confirmation last week that it will not support an extension of the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions after 2012 barely caused a ripple in Canada.

From Greenpeace to Business, He is Making Waves – April 7, 2011
A co-founder and former member of Greenpeace, Moore is now the co-founder and chair of Greenspirit Strategies Ltd., a firm in B.C. focused on helping companies develop communication around sustainability. Moore says only now is the world starting to understand what being sustainable means.

The ‘Urban Legend’ of Climate Change – February 10, 2011
Frontier Centre in the media from the National Post.

'Lack of climate change consensus' puts feds, Alta. on collision course; – May 17, 2010
"Equalization and climate change policy are two areas of increasing federal-provincial tension. Albertans want their province to play a leadership role in finding solutions."

The Present Climate – January 22, 2010
"A recent poll by Compas, paid for by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, showed that 73 per cent of Canadians want any treaty on global warming delayed or not signed at all. They probably fear the economic costs, especially at a time when the worldwide recession is hardly over."

Global Warming Dismissed as 'Lies' – October 13, 2009
"Fluctuations in the earth's temperature have occurred throughout history and can be explained by various factors, such as changes in the sun", Monckton said. "Politicians motivated by money, power and glory are more than happy to jump on the global-warming bandwagon."

Climate Fears Based on Lies, Calgary Told – October 5, 2009
"As far as Lord Christopher Monckton is concerned, the debate on global warming is over as the science linking rising CO2 levels to calamitous environmental consequences is fatally flawed."

Is Man-Made Global Warming Real? – May 25, 2009
The sun is constantly emitting cosmic rays: Those that reach the Earth stimulate cloud creation, which has a cooling effect. But, when the sunspot cycle is active, the flow of cosmic rays is disrupted, fewer reach Earth's atmosphere, cloud cover is diminished, and the Earth warms.

Polar Bear Summit Allows Media In, But Not Churchill – January 16, 2009
Environment Canada loosened restrictions Thursday on media access to a federal summit on polar bears in Winnipeg today, but the mayor of Canada's polar bear capital said he's disappointed he was not included. "I think they're sending the wrong message by not including us... The biologists indicate the numbers are down, but we don't see it, in all fairness," he said. The summit will focus on the future of the iconic Canadian mammals, which some scientists say are in decline and some Inuit groups argue remain at healthy levels for harvesting.

Voice For The Poor Supports Oilsands – October 9, 2008
Artificially high energy prices, the work of politicians manipulated by radical environmentalists demonizing energies they don't like, are therefore "immoral," and a "de facto regressive tax on the poor. . . . They destroy jobs, erode civil rights gains and force minority and elderly households to choose between food, fuel and medicine."

U.S. Group Warns Against Carbon Tax – October 9, 2008
"People of Canada are going to look at the proposals dealing with this economic crisis, such as the carbon tax and the negative impact it can have on an already tenuous economy, and make a decision for what they want their future to be."

Alberta Needs Climate Change Criteria: AG – October 8, 2008
The province made climate change commitments in Albertans and Climate Change: Taking Action, its 2002 climate change plan and in Alberta's 2008 Climate Change Strategy (which replaced the 2002 plan). To meet these targets, the government now needs to establish criteria for deciding specific actions, develop a master implementation plan, improve the processes for monitoring climate change results and ensure reported data is relevant and reliable, Auditor General Fred Dunn said in the report.

Oil Patch's New Ally – October 8, 2008
Alberta's energy industry has lately been made into an ecological bogeyman by environmentalist groups, portraying the oil sands as a "dirty," undesirable source because of its carbon footprint. "We say the economic frontier is the last frontier for achieving racial equality in society," Mr. Innis says. "And access to affordable energy ... is what we consider to be the master resource for the economic survival for our community. Rising energy prices represent an immoral war on the poor, because it keeps people poor."

Poll Shows Public Frustration On Climate Change Discussion – October 3, 2008
While those surveyed tended to believe human activity is responsible for global warming and climate change, they did not view the matter as settled. By more than a four-to-one margin, Canadians called on the media to provide more multi-sided reporting on the issue, the poll indicated.