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Comment: Oil pipelines and the drama of social license

September 12, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

On June 17, when the federal government announced its conditional acceptance of the Joint Review Panel’s recommendation for approval of Enbridge Inc.’s Northern Gateway pipeline project application, it took mere moments for opponents to be up in arms. Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, head of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, told the CBC, “We will […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: B.C. government, Canada, Canadian resource companies, Enbridge, Encana Corp, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Gwyn Morgan, Joint Review Panel, NDP, Northern Gateway pipeline, rules and regulations, Social license, Thomas Mulcair, Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs

Social license requires integrity and follow through

July 28, 2014 by Rob Hislop Leave a Comment

If the oil industry isn’t going to operate on a zero spill mandate, when there are issues at sites and cleanups are not done quickly enough to satisfy area residents, a companies social license can be in jeopardy. That’s what’s happening in Louisiana. Many landowners in the southern state have been locked in a battle […]

Filed Under: International, News Tagged With: crude oil, damage, Environment, environmental, industry, landowners, lawsuits, oil, oil companies, oil industry, oil spill, Safety, Social license, spill

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