Market access for Canada's oil sands has been increasingly contested as proposals for new
pipelines have become so controversial. This article develops a framework for political risk …

The current natural gas and oil boom in North America requires new pipelines, which pose
environmental risks from wellheads to their destinations. The environmental justice literature …

Thomas Gunton fifty yeArs AgO, Mel Watkins provided a brilliant articulation of staple theory
that was instrumental in stimulating a productive staple tradition in both Canadian and …

This paper examines the impact of pipeline capacity constraints on the discount of Canadian
oil prices relative to US benchmark oil prices. Using a panel of monthly data for Canadian oil …

Over the past decade, energy policy has become increasingly controversial in Canada and
the United States, with Canada's oil sands emerging as a major flashpoint of controversy …

Abstract The United States today is Canada's largest customer for oil and refined oil
products. However, this relationship may be strained due to physical, economic and political …

A massive, high-stakes political conflict has erupted over oil sands pipelines--Keystone XL
to the Gulf Coast, two pipeline proposals to the Pacific Coast, and new proposals for …

Economic and political pressures to extract Canada's oil sands—among the most carbon-
intensive and polluting fossil fuels on the planet—have increased manifold, while …

Using a case study of Alberta, Canada, this paper demonstrates how a geographic critique
of fossil capitalism helps elucidate the tensions shaping tar sands development. Conflicts …

The rapidly expanding oil sands of western Canada, the third largest reserves in the world,
are creating serious challenges, such as ecological harm, labour shortages, and extensive …