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Experts available on Alberta pipeline announcement

Economic impacts, engineering, energy justice and more

 July 03, 2026
A Pembina Pipeline Corporation sign warning of a high pressure crude oil pipeline

 July 03, 2026

On July 2, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced plans for a new west coast oil pipeline. Western University has experts available for comment on economic impacts, environmental concerns and more.

Adam Fremeth
Associate professor, Business, Economics and Public Policy, Ivey Business School
• Globalization
• Utility regulation
• Organizations and the natural environment
• Public-private partnerships
• Business-government relations
• Lobbying

Carol Hunsberger
Associate professor, Geography and the Environment
• Political ecology
• Energy justice
• Biofuels
• Pipeline politics
• Environmental governance

Wenxing Zhou
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Structural reliability and risk assessments
• Fracture mechanics
• Design and integrity management of oil and gas pipelines

MEDIA CONTACT: Jacquelyn Mitchell, Media Relations Officer, Western University, (226) 386-9683, j.mitchell@uwo.ca

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