I’m pretty sure this is 2021 but I’m beginning to wonder if I’m back in 2009. A troubling sense of déjà vu began descending on Tuesday during a news conference where Alberta politicians touted a government-supported technological solution to human-made climate change. Say hello again to carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), now under a new alias: carbon capture utilization and…

Premier Jason Kenney doesn’t talk a lot about former-premier Ed Stelmach, probably because Stelmach wasn’t a particularly successful premier. Stelmach tried to raise royalties on energy companies, tried to erase the infrastructure deficit created by Ralph Klein, and tried to take human-induced climate change seriously.  However, Kenney did mention Stelmach on July 10 when holding a news conference to announce…