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Marla Orenstein

Marla Orenstein is the director of the Natural Resources Centre at the Canada West Foundation.

Is the time right for nuclear energy?

  • Right now, there is both a problem and an opportunity that nuclear energy—particularly in the form of small modular reactors—may be ready to step
Opinion | BY MARLA ORENSTEIN | December 9, 2020
The federal government produced an SMR roadmap in 2018, which Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan, pictured at the Canadian Nuclear Association's annual conference in Ottawa on Feb. 27, 2020, has committed to implementing. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Is the time right for nuclear energy?

Opinion | BY MARLA ORENSTEIN | December 9, 2020
  • Right now, there is both a problem and an opportunity that nuclear energy—particularly in the form of small modular reactors—may be ready to step

Is the time right for nuclear energy?

Opinion | BY MARLA ORENSTEIN | December 9, 2020
  • Right now, there is both a problem and an opportunity that nuclear energy—particularly in the form of small modular reactors—may be ready to step
The federal government produced an SMR roadmap in 2018, which Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan, pictured at the Canadian Nuclear Association's annual conference in Ottawa on Feb. 27, 2020, has committed to implementing. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Is the time right for nuclear energy?

  • Right now, there is both a problem and an opportunity that nuclear energy—particularly in the form of small modular reactors—may be ready to step
Opinion | BY MARLA ORENSTEIN | December 9, 2020
The federal government produced an SMR roadmap in 2018, which Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan, pictured at the Canadian Nuclear Association's annual conference in Ottawa on Feb. 27, 2020, has committed to implementing. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Is the time right for nuclear energy?

Opinion | BY MARLA ORENSTEIN | December 9, 2020
  • Right now, there is both a problem and an opportunity that nuclear energy—particularly in the form of small modular reactors—may be ready to step

Is the time right for nuclear energy?

Opinion | BY MARLA ORENSTEIN | December 9, 2020
  • Right now, there is both a problem and an opportunity that nuclear energy—particularly in the form of small modular reactors—may be ready to step
The federal government produced an SMR roadmap in 2018, which Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan, pictured at the Canadian Nuclear Association's annual conference in Ottawa on Feb. 27, 2020, has committed to implementing. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The race to net-zero: grounded in reality or wishful thinking?

  • Just a few months ago, Spanish oil company Repsol made a splash in global headlines by announcing that it would get to net-zero carbon
Opinion | BY MARLA ORENSTEIN, JADE MCLEAN | March 11, 2020
It’s also important to consider that the net-zero pledges don’t address emissions that arise from the combustion of the fuel product by the end consumer, such as when we drive our cars or heat our homes, write Jade McLean and Marla Orenstein. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

The race to net-zero: grounded in reality or wishful thinking?

Opinion | BY MARLA ORENSTEIN, JADE MCLEAN | March 11, 2020
  • Just a few months ago, Spanish oil company Repsol made a splash in global headlines by announcing that it would get to net-zero carbon

The race to net-zero: grounded in reality or wishful thinking?

Opinion | BY MARLA ORENSTEIN, JADE MCLEAN | March 11, 2020
  • Just a few months ago, Spanish oil company Repsol made a splash in global headlines by announcing that it would get to net-zero carbon
It’s also important to consider that the net-zero pledges don’t address emissions that arise from the combustion of the fuel product by the end consumer, such as when we drive our cars or heat our homes, write Jade McLean and Marla Orenstein. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

LNG: local problem or global solution?

  • The LNG industry has barely launched in Canada, but it has already become the poster child for a dilemma: how to appropriately account for
Opinion | BY MARLA ORENSTEIN | December 2, 2019

LNG: local problem or global solution?

Opinion | BY MARLA ORENSTEIN | December 2, 2019
  • The LNG industry has barely launched in Canada, but it has already become the poster child for a dilemma: how to appropriately account for

LNG: local problem or global solution?

Opinion | BY MARLA ORENSTEIN | December 2, 2019
  • The LNG industry has barely launched in Canada, but it has already become the poster child for a dilemma: how to appropriately account for

Resource minister playing partisan politics with pipeline

  • At a challenging time for national unity and the state of our federation, federal Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi decided to poke Canadians in
Opinion | BY MARLA ORENSTEIN | July 16, 2019
Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi’s recent comments about the environmental assessment system turns up the heat on partisan politics at a time when exactly the opposite is needed, writes Marla Orenstein. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Resource minister playing partisan politics with pipeline

Opinion | BY MARLA ORENSTEIN | July 16, 2019
  • At a challenging time for national unity and the state of our federation, federal Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi decided to poke Canadians in

Resource minister playing partisan politics with pipeline

Opinion | BY MARLA ORENSTEIN | July 16, 2019
  • At a challenging time for national unity and the state of our federation, federal Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi decided to poke Canadians in
Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi’s recent comments about the environmental assessment system turns up the heat on partisan politics at a time when exactly the opposite is needed, writes Marla Orenstein. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada’s climate counting problem

  • Canada’s greenhouse gas emission targets are wrong—not because they are too tough or not tough enough, but because they are based on the wrong
Opinion | BY MARLA ORENSTEIN | March 25, 2019
Canada's federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, pictured recently on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada’s climate counting problem

Opinion | BY MARLA ORENSTEIN | March 25, 2019
  • Canada’s greenhouse gas emission targets are wrong—not because they are too tough or not tough enough, but because they are based on the wrong

Canada’s climate counting problem

Opinion | BY MARLA ORENSTEIN | March 25, 2019
  • Canada’s greenhouse gas emission targets are wrong—not because they are too tough or not tough enough, but because they are based on the wrong
Canada's federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, pictured recently on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Public safety is no accident

  • The next time you fly, consider two things: the greenhouse gas emissions created by air travel and whether you will land safely. Then think
Opinion | BY COLLEEN COLLINS, MARLA ORENSTEIN | January 22, 2019
Environment Minister Catherine McKenna introduced Bill C-69, which is currently at committee stage in the Senate. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Public safety is no accident

Opinion | BY COLLEEN COLLINS, MARLA ORENSTEIN | January 22, 2019
  • The next time you fly, consider two things: the greenhouse gas emissions created by air travel and whether you will land safely. Then think

Public safety is no accident

Opinion | BY COLLEEN COLLINS, MARLA ORENSTEIN | January 22, 2019
  • The next time you fly, consider two things: the greenhouse gas emissions created by air travel and whether you will land safely. Then think
Environment Minister Catherine McKenna introduced Bill C-69, which is currently at committee stage in the Senate. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Will the competitive awakening extend to Bill C-69?

  • Something really interesting has happened. In the November fall economic update, the federal government promised to build in “efficiency and economic growth” as an
Opinion | BY MARLA ORENSTEIN | December 3, 2018
In Finance Minister Bill Morneau's November fall economic update, the federal government promised to build in 'efficiency and economic growth' as an integral part of regulators’ mandates, and to enshrine in legislation that the 'economic impacts of new, revised or cumulative regulations are key considerations for regulators,' writes Marla Orenstein. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Will the competitive awakening extend to Bill C-69?

Opinion | BY MARLA ORENSTEIN | December 3, 2018
  • Something really interesting has happened. In the November fall economic update, the federal government promised to build in “efficiency and economic growth” as an

Will the competitive awakening extend to Bill C-69?

Opinion | BY MARLA ORENSTEIN | December 3, 2018
  • Something really interesting has happened. In the November fall economic update, the federal government promised to build in “efficiency and economic growth” as an
In Finance Minister Bill Morneau's November fall economic update, the federal government promised to build in 'efficiency and economic growth' as an integral part of regulators’ mandates, and to enshrine in legislation that the 'economic impacts of new, revised or cumulative regulations are key considerations for regulators,' writes Marla Orenstein. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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