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Suncor Steepbank mine, near Fort McMurray. Image: Jason Woodhead/Flickr
Jason Kenney flip-flops, adopts 'social license' strategy
David J. Climenhaga | After spending five years bashing the Alberta NDP's "social license" strategy for oilsands projects, Kenney suddenly announced he will pursue a remarkably similar strategy for new energy projects.
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Crowd taking part in Salt Spring-Kinder Morgan action. Photo: Christina Marshall/Leadnow Canada/Flickr
A court has ruled in favour of Trans Mountain Pipeline, but power of social license is yet to be tested
David J. Climenhaga | If protests in Burnaby continue to grow, and British Columbians continue to line up to be peacefully arrested, this is when Canadians will learn the real power of social license.
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U.S. President Donald Trump (Photo by Gage Skidmore, Flickr.)
Donald Trump helps build the case for Rachel Notley's social license policy on energy exports
David J. Climenhaga | Conservative Canadian politicians who crossed the border to campaign for Donald Trump should probably be thinking about what to say when the issue comes up in public.
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Image: Facebook/Jason Kenney
Oilsands phase-out freak-out explained: Conservatives think road back to Ottawa runs through Edmonton
David J. Climenhaga | Decarbonization? No problem! Wait! That was then. This is now.
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Jason Kenney
The Jason Syndrome: Conservative candidate melts down over Hollywood star in bid to derail NDP strategy that's working
David J. Climenhaga | Thank you, Jane Fonda! Former Harper minister touts celebrity visit to prop up implausible argument that visibly effective NDP climate strategy doesn't actually work.
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Image: YouTube/TransMtn
Kinder Morgan can't buy social license with ad blitz, but it's doing its darnedest
Robert Hackett | Any metro Vancouver resident watching TV, checking websites, or browsing the local weekly in recent months could hardly avoid the multi-media barrage from extractivist corporate entities.