George Patrick Richard Benson

The 1970s oil crisis totally rearranged the global economy. Let's learn from that.

Thermal energy networks are all the buzz. But what are they really?

The joy of details from my recent trip to London.

This morning I awoke, as I do sometimes now, to check social media. Since getting on Bluesky recently, I've been reminded of when I first got on Twitter, over a decade ago, and felt "plugged in" to things happening all over the world. With the state

The concluding part to the history of BC energy policy, and the work ahead of government and industry in 2025.

What have we learned since January 6, 2021? And can it help us in 2024 and 2025?

In my last article, I wrote about both the why and the how of energy transitions at an extremely high level of abstraction. As I said then, our current, fossil fuel-based energy system is extremely inefficient and, furthermore, produces pollution that hurts us and the natural systems that we depend

Chrystia Freeland, Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, made a splash on October 7th with the endorsement of, and a high-level commitment to continue work on, investment guidelines related to sustainability. For those of us in the weeds, this is the Canadian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy. Feds moving

The energy conversation in BC these days is not only dismal, but full of misinformation. Here's how we can better make sense of it.