{"product_id":"9781459738195-dysfunction-canada-after-keystone-xl","title":"Dysfunction","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCanada after Keystone XL\u003cbr\u003eThe Keystone XL pipeline was most controversial North American energy infrastructure project of our time, and its history and demise serve as a cautionary tale for Canada, a country that will remain mired in regulatory dysfunction until it finds common ground between economic value and credible carbon policy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 Calgary Herald Bestseller\u003cbr\u003eAn investigation of the history and demise of the most controversial North American energy infrastructure project.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2015, President Barack Obama denied approval for TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline, which would have carried crude oil from the Canadian oil sands to the U.S. Gulf Coast, providing great economic benefit to Canada. Over seven years of regulatory process, environmental activism, and media attention, the project had become infamous, a cause célèbre for North America’s ENGO movement and a test of Obama’s bona fides in the face of global climate change risk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs one of TransCanada’s senior executive group, Dennis McConaghy provides an insider’s perspective of Keystone XL’s history and demise. How did this routine infrastructure acquire iconic status? Why couldn’t government and industry find some accommodation to salvage the project? And most importantly, what must Canada learn from Keystone XL’s demise? Can the country find common ground between economic value and credible carbon policy?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55419701920118,"sku":"9781459738195","price":20.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_13566552_24535_20250508053114.jpg?v=1751504630","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781459738195-dysfunction-canada-after-keystone-xl","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}