{"product_id":"9781459738218","title":"Dysfunction: Canada after Keystone XL","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 Calgary Herald Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e An investigation of the history and demise of the most controversial North American energy infrastructure project.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  In 2015, President Barack Obama denied approval for TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline, which would have carried crude oil from the Canadian oil sands to the U.S. Gulf Coast, providing great economic benefit to Canada. Over seven years of regulatory process, environmental activism, and media attention, the project had become infamous, a cause célèbre for North America’s ENGO movement and a test of Obama’s bona fides in the face of global climate change risk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  As one of TransCanada’s senior executive group, Dennis McConaghy provides an insider’s perspective of Keystone XL’s history and demise. How did this routine infrastructure acquire iconic status? Why couldn’t government and industry find some accommodation to salvage the project? And most importantly, what must Canada learn from Keystone XL’s demise? Can the country find common ground between economic value and credible carbon policy?","brand":"Dundurn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166026580208,"sku":"9781459738218","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781459738218_p0.jpg?v=1763867757","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781459738218","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}