Report outlines how environmental groups worked nimbly and successfully to oppose and block pipeline projects
Premier Jason Kenney referred to “shadowy funding,” spoke about how OPEC oil producers have benefited from Canadian oil being land-locked, and noted U.S. government reports on hidden Russian social media activity to oppose the construction of pipelines in North America. Mr. Kenney and the inquiry also relied heavily on the work of Vancouver researcher Vivian Krause, who had previously suggested that the Tar Sands Campaign is intertwined withBut in the report, Mr.
Ms. Savage said the Allan report will inform her government to make sure environmental groups aren’t “able to employ the same sorts of tactics to target the energy resources of the future – the things that we’re working on here in Alberta to diversify our economy, to be able to reduce emissions.” The original $2.5-million budget for the inquiry set in 2019 was increased by $1-million, and Mr. Allan received several deadline extensions for his work. Similar to an earlier draft of the reportMr. Allan wrote in his final report that environmental campaigns may have played a role in the cancellation of some oil and gas developments and pipeline projects but “I am not in a position to find that these campaigns alone caused project delays and cancellations.
The report is made up in bulk of a catalogue of environmental campaigns and their successes against the oil sands sector and pipeline development. “The Alberta energy industry has been materially impacted by what was an excellent strategy that was well implemented and continues to this day to be brilliantly executed. The industry and government have failed to rise to the challenge.”
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