The extractive and resource industries in Canada and abroad are known for engaging in "dirty tricks" campaigns designed to immobilize public criticism and opposition to major projects. Yet, it wasn’t until a secret recording of industry PR guru Richard Berman was leaked to the press that the public gained a deeper insight into the modern mechanism of industry’s “endless war” against environmental opponents.
This series details the long history of the “endless war” to silence environmental critics in Canada and how the battle has been used to advance the interests of the forestry, pipeline and oil and gas industries.
Author and adjunct professor Donald Gutstein lays out in detail the inner workings of today’s pro-industry citizen activist campaigns and how they tap into social values, Twitter debates, think tanks and your local television news.
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