Environmental activists say they doused an oil company CEO’s home with paint and extensively damaged his cars during a recent nighttime raid in Quebec City, a rare and “very personal” targeting by eco-extremists of an industry executive. Junex recently partnered with a Quebec government agency on one of its oil projects in the Gaspésie. An expert who follows environmental demonstrations against pipelines and other energy projects said the event seems to be an “escalation” in such behaviour. “In my experience, pipeline or ‘anti-energy’ activity has focused on energy infrastructure,” said Warren Mabee, director of Queen’s University’s Institute for Energy & Environmental Policy. Junex claims its various properties throughout Quebec have a potential yield of 20 million barrels of oil.

Source: National Post December 07, 2017 18:11 UTC