Sustainable development as environmental harm: rights, regulation, and injustice in the Canadian oil sands

In this in-depth analysis of First Nations opposition to the oil sands industry, James Heydon offers detailed empirical insight into Canadian oil sands regulation.

The environmental consequences of the oil sands industry have been thoroughly explored by scholars from a variety of disciplines.

However, less well understood is how and why the provincial energy regulator has repeatedly sanctioned such a harmful pattern of production for almost two decades.

This research monograph addresses that shortcoming. Drawing from interviews with government, industry, and First Nation personnel, along with an analysis of almost 20 years of policy, strategy, and regulatory approval documents, 'Sustainable Development as Environmental Harm' offers detailed empirical insight into Canadian oil sands regulation.