How the Trudeau government can stop the ‘Keystoning’ of Energy East … if it really wants to

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Is the National Energy Board review of the Energy East pipeline process broken, after three panel members resigned last week? Not in the least. But getting us all to believe that it’s broken is part of the eco-activist strategy known as “Keystoning.” I first began covering the “Keystoning” of Energy East in July, when American eco-activist Bill McKibben joined the attacks on the TransCanada project, which is meant to carry 1.1 million barrels a day of Alberta crude oil east across Canada to New Brunswick for overseas export. As I wrote then, Keystoning “involves celebrity opponents (think: actors Robert Redford, Daryl Hannah), massive protests, civil disobedience, and social media campaigns” to rally the anti-oilsands troops.

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Markham Hislop – Special to Financial Post – September 12, 2016.

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