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Martyn Brown: Meet Alberta’s new opponent in court—Justin Trudeau’s B.C.–backing government

Alberta’s latest idiotic attempt to punish B.C. for its resistance to the TMX is about to take an unexpected turn.

Martyn Brown: B.C.’s new climate targets—so much hot air

It suggests a melting moral claim to credible climate action, floating on a sea of subsidies for Big Oil that are grossly compounding the very problem we need to solve.

Martyn Brown: Suing for peace from Trudeau’s nuclear threats on Trans Mountain

Refining more of that product at home would do much to minimize the environmental risks of oil spills from diluted bitumen, but that's simply not on the table.

Martyn Brown: Pipeline polls are for fake news trolls

Former premier Gordon Campbell's long-time chief of staff delves into the details of public opinion research—and how it's being used to flog Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain...

Martyn Brown: There’s dumb, and there’s Alberta dumb—and Rachel Notley’s Bill 12 is both

The Canadian constitution explicitly prohibits provinces from treating regions of the country in a discriminatory way with exports, but that hasn't dissuaded Alberta premier...

Martyn Brown: What’s really criminal in Canada’s Kinder Morgan pipeline debacle

“The commitment to build a pipeline in 2018 when we are in climate crisis is a crime against future generations and I will not be part of it.”

Martyn Brown: What the world needs to know about Justin Trudeau's dirty crude pipe dream

Alberta is planning to ramp up tarsands production and the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion will likely lead to higher gasoline prices in B.C.

Martyn Brown: A day in the life of PR—I’d love to turn you on

British Columbians want a truly neutral process, administered by a truly neutral and independent authority, but they might not get this from the NDP minority government.

Martyn Brown: George Heyman and John Horgan need to go all-in on oil spill engagement

According to a former premier's chief of staff, the dark net is no solution to the dire threats posed by increased transportation of unrefined tarsands oil.

Martyn Brown: Giving a new voice to B.C.'s marginalized “majority of minorities”

Former premier Gordon Campbell's chief of staff twice voted against proportional representation, but he's warming up to the idea after witnessing how the GreeNDP alliance is...