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Q&A with Energy Player: Jon Tupper

Jon TupperJon Tupper is currently the president of the Fort McMurray Chamber of Commerce.

A native Albertan, Tupper moved to Fort McMurray from Edmonton in 1997 for a summer job dispatching aircraft to fight forest fires. He says that he fell in love with the natural beauty of the region and the hard-working people who have built a dynamic and storied community. Through 13 years and a career spanning from aviation and transportation management to business development and public affairs, Tupper has always sought to give back to the region that welcomed and mentored him. He has volunteered with Communities in Bloom, the Northern Lights Airshow and Benefit, Leadership Wood Buffalo, the Centennial of Flight, and a variety of political organizations.

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Q&A with Energy Player: Peter Tertzakian

Peter Tertzakian

Peter Tertzakian is chief energy economist and managing director at ARC Financial, one of the top investment firms in the Canadian energy industry. Peter has over 25 years of experience in the energy and finance businesses and is responsible for strategic investment research. He is also the bestselling author of two energy books, A Thousand Barrels a Second (2006) and The End of Energy Obesity (2009). Both books examine how societies evolve their uses and sources of energy.

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Q&A with Energy Player: David Butler

David Butler is the Calgary-based executive director of the Canadian Clean Power Coalition (CCPC). Energize Alberta asked him to take readers inside the world of coal-fired power generation.

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