ABOUT DAVID YAGER
Author of FROM MIRACLE TO MENACE: Alberta, A Carbon Story
A resident and native of Calgary, Alberta, David Yager was born into Alberta’s oil and gas industry. An entrepreneur since 1979, he has been a founder, executive and director of three successful TSX-listed oilfield service companies. David’s journalism career began 40 years ago as co-owner of an oilfield trade magazine. For decades he has been analysing and writing about oil and gas, politics and energy policy. He remains a frequent contributor to trade publications, newspapers, radio and television and has written background papers and policy positions for oil service trade associations since 1991. In his working career, David has progressed from the remote oilfields to the corner office. As a former oilfield worker and an employer of hundreds more, his perspective has always been bottoms-up; the people not just the products. In the Preface Yager writes, “Shortly after high school I dropped out of university and worked in the oilfields for years. Like hundreds of thousands of others, I’ve toiled in the middle of night in the middle of winter in the middle of nowhere. In my corporate career I employed hundreds of oilfield workers and because of my personal experience, I relate to them all. This has left me with an indelible soft spot for those who, to paraphrase Robert Service, ‘moil for oil’ to pay their bills and feed their families. I’ve tried for years to put a face on this business. I’m still trying today.” From Miracle to Menace is David Yager’s first book. (lots more on www.davidyager.ca) Links to recent writings by David Yager: The Future Of Oil And Gas After The October 21st Election Climate Change, Cleavage Politics and the Upcoming Federal Election Real Climate Emergency? Ban Tourism Trans Mountain Approved Again, Economic Destruction of Oilpatch Continues How The Internet Wrecked Alberta's Oil and Gas Industry Alberta Elects UCP Government Investment Will Not Return to Alberta Without Changing Direction Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement Affecting Investment Patterns Innovation In Oil And Gas Continues Despite Downturn Conflicting Forecasts For The Future Of Fossil Fuels Why Trans Mountain Decision Was Overturned By Court of Appeal The Disingenuous Definition Of Fossil Fuel Subsidies |
FROM MIRACLE TO MENACE
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