| COVER PACKAGE: Coping with Volatile Markets
Mastering Cycles
Industry discovers what works and what does not during an era of financial turbulence
by Sydney Sharpe
Black Clouds on Green Horizon
The infant carbon trading market gets bogged down by the financial crisis and confusing emissions legislation
by Sydney Sharpe
FEATURES
The Greenhouse Gas Czar
Jim Carter brings his can-do attitude to carbon cleanup
by Gordon Jaremko
‘The Future is Ours’
Aboriginals and industry partner in the bitumen belt
by Patrycja Romanowska
Industry Envoys Touch Community Bases
ConocoPhillips takes a new approach to public consultation
by Patrycja Romanowska
The Changing Face of Labor
Worker-hungry Alberta breeds new varieties of organized labor
by Bill Sass
Crossing Borders
Solutions to the labor shortage includes bringing in workers – but how?
by Bill Sass
Offshore Gamble
Is ambition trumping risk? Newfoundland buys into a contentious offshore venture
by Graham Chandler
HOT TOPICS
Environment
B.C. takes the lead in notifying landowners prior to resource development
by Jodie Hierlmeier
International
The North American natural gas market changes direction
by Carolyn Davis
DEPARTMENTS
Editor’s Log
Managing the New ‘Gold’
by Gordon Jaremko
Observer
National, international news and trends on the energy scene
Services
News and tidbits from the oil and gas service sector
Advances
Tory policy master comes west to green industry’s image
Policy
A NEB export ruling questions energy free trade
Operations
Shale gas development is the big story in B.C.
Projects
Calgary plays with new approaches to Alberta’s power supply
Transactions
Creditors pay the price for bank credit cuts
Champions
The head of PTAC engineers a new energy vision
Passages
Seventy years in, the ERCB is still taking heat
Final words
CAPP’s David Collyer talks about the industry’s capacity to handle economic change |