It was the fall of
2008, and a group of environmental activists spent part of a conference
there brainstorming tactics for slowing down the growth of the oilsands
— and they identified pipelines as the most vulnerable target.
2008, and a group of environmental activists spent part of a conference
there brainstorming tactics for slowing down the growth of the oilsands
— and they identified pipelines as the most vulnerable target.
One
in particular fit the bill: Keystone XL — a 1,897-kilometre pipeline to
be built by TC Energy that would carry up to 830,000 barrels of crude
oil per day from Hardisty, Alta., to Nebraska, where it would link up
with the company’s existing pipeline network.
Their
fateful decision at that meeting to throw money and organizational
effort into attacking the proposed pipeline opened a difficult new
chapter for the oilpatch.
Now, those activists are claiming victory.