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A "greeny" offers his advice to help a pipeline company

Robert McLeman is a self-described "greeny," but he is offering advice to pipeline companies to get their projects past the hurdles of public opposition.
Greenpeace activists are on location in Cacouna, Quebec, to protest plans by TransCanada to build a new tanker port on the St. Lawrence Seaway to export tar sands oil from the proposed Energy East pipeline. (The Canadian Press)

Robert McLeman is an associate professor of geography at Laurier University and a self-described "greeny," so some people are surprised when he expresses his support for pipelines.

He'll explain how he came to his conclusions, and offer some advice he feels could help pipeline proponents resolve the public opposition that many of them face.