The surge in "unconventional" oil projects such as Alberta's Tar Sands in the last decade signals a shift in global production from relatively accessible conventional reserves to "frontier" oil. This paper examines one aspect of the oil/environment tension – the environmental regulatory system surrounding the tar sands – by adopting the frameworks of the petro-state and resource curse. Much like similar research on the political-economic effects of natural resource dependence, this paper finds that petro-politics has resulted in a weakened environmental policy system.

Last modified

• 01/02/2019

Creator

• Angela Carter

DOI

• https://doi.org/10.21985/N29F2J

Keyword

• environment
• buffett

Date created

• 10-004

Resource type

• Research Paper

Rights statement

• In Copyright