Oil Pipeline Resistance in Canada and the US: Similarities, Cross Border Alliances and Border Effects

Paul Bowles

doi:10.31261/rias.18127

Published: 2025-01-03

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2025)

Oil Pipeline Resistance in Canada and the US: Similarities, Cross Border Alliances and Border Effects

Paul Bowles

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https://doi.org/10.31261/rias.18127

Abstract

The construction of new oil pipelines and the expansion of existing ones have been met with sustained resistance across North America. Pipeline expansion has been justified for economic reasons, but has emerged as a “chokepoint” for the industry as popular resistance has sought to protect land and water resources. This resistance has both national and cross-border continental dimensions, depending on the specificities of the pipeline under analysis. The cross-border dimensions are particularly evident in the efforts to halt the expansion of Canada’s tar sands, the source of much of the increased oil production. Despite the continental scope of the oil industry, however, distinct national dimensions—“border effects”—and cross-border alliances remain.

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Pipelines , Resistance , North American Oil market , Extractivism

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Bowles, P. (2025). Oil Pipeline Resistance in Canada and the US: Similarities, Cross Border Alliances and Border Effects. Review of International American Studies, 18(1), 81–104. https://doi.org/10.31261/rias.18127

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Paul Bowles

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University of Northern British Columbia, Canada Canada

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Paul Bowles, Professor Emeritus, Department of Global and International Studies and School of Economics, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada, is a political economist who has published widely on the themes of capitalism, globalisation and development. Particular areas of interest are: China’s political economy, extractivism in Canada and elsehere, and global monetary relations. Recent books include: Capitalism, 3rd edition, Routledge, 2024; Extractive Bargains: Natural Resources and the State-Society Nexus, Routledge, 2024, (co-edited with Nathan Andrews); and The Essential Guide to Critical Development Studies, 2nd edition, Routledge, 2022, (co-edited with Henry Veltmeyer).

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