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Extract: The Pipeline Wars Vol. 1 Enbridge
Extract: The Pipeline Wars Vol. 1 Enbridge is a book that explores the debate around one of the most controversial projects in Canada today, the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline. With peak oil, turmoil in the Middle East and booming energy demand from developing nations, Canada is uniquely positioned to become one of the world's great oil and energy exporting nations.
But the Canadian oil in question comes from Alberta's controversial oil sands -- which critics label as the "dirtiest oil in the world". And to get that oil to lucrative Asian markets, oil pipeline companies like Enbridge need to get past British Columbia, home to numerous high-profile environmental groups and some of the most pristine ecosystems in North America. This book examines the clash between First Nations groups and oil proponents, between environmentalists and federal government, as well as the risks of building an oil pipeline in a time of increasing awareness of climate change. A must-read for anyone interested in energy policy and oil politics.
But the Canadian oil in question comes from Alberta's controversial oil sands -- which critics label as the "dirtiest oil in the world". And to get that oil to lucrative Asian markets, oil pipeline companies like Enbridge need to get past British Columbia, home to numerous high-profile environmental groups and some of the most pristine ecosystems in North America. This book examines the clash between First Nations groups and oil proponents, between environmentalists and federal government, as well as the risks of building an oil pipeline in a time of increasing awareness of climate change. A must-read for anyone interested in energy policy and oil politics.
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First published December 5, 2012
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February 18, 2013
Extract is the final result of one year’s in-depth reporting by a team of VO reporters, and is written in an easy to read, engaging, and fluid style that grips a reader from the first lines. Its opening chapters flash between people living in Northern Gateway’s path and big oil executives planning it out, like a recurring, terrifying nightmare that makes you wake up screaming every time.
It then builds up like a deafening staccato rhythm to its dark finale, spelling out in no uncertain terms what this pipeline, and others in the works, will do to both B.C.’s environment and Earth’s climate. All in all, it slams you like a left hook from an MMA fighter.
But Extract is not meant simply to terrify, but forces people to ask: at what price is development? Is it worth bulldozing and digging up one of the world’s last remaining temperate rainforests for the sake of creating jobs?
It then builds up like a deafening staccato rhythm to its dark finale, spelling out in no uncertain terms what this pipeline, and others in the works, will do to both B.C.’s environment and Earth’s climate. All in all, it slams you like a left hook from an MMA fighter.
But Extract is not meant simply to terrify, but forces people to ask: at what price is development? Is it worth bulldozing and digging up one of the world’s last remaining temperate rainforests for the sake of creating jobs?
February 3, 2013
Great read - I liked the parts about the First Nations communities and their lifestyles that would be threatened. The weak point is that it doesn't offer any solutions to the problems faced by energy demand.
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