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Article: Thomas Berger's unfinished revolution.(Political Science)(imposing moaratoriums on pipeline construction)
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- Alternatives Journal
- Article date:
- July 1, 2007
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WHAT A lovely boom it was to be. Earth Day 1970 was a recent memory, and then president Richard Nixon was expanding American involvement in Vietnam. But for many, the action was in Northern Canada. It was full speed ahead for frontier oil and gas. Oil wells would be pumping, compressor stations shrieking, and to carry the wealth south, soon the biggest megaproject of all: the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline.
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What a difference a few decades make. Or not. The environment is hot again, another president is trapped in an unpopular war and another Mackenzie pipeline is on the way. This time, a consortium of American-owned ...