Scott Stoneman reviews the recently released film adaptation of How to Blow Up a Pipeline and lays bare the through lines between the movie and its source material that is garnering attention for its endorsement of industrial sabotage. As Stoneman writes, the film’s conclusion does not present a clear-cut victory; it is more like a morally-ambiguous hedging.

The Canadian economy produces more plastic waste per capita than any other in the world. The often-quoted statistic that we have only ever recycled eight to nine percent of our plastic obscures the fact that recycling is an industry ploy, a highly effective delay tactic devised in the 1970s to neutralize public concern about plastic waste.