Case study $3-$ conflict escalation between neighbors. Summary. Since $1953,$ the Kinder Mogan Trans Mountain Pipeline has transported crude and refined oil from Aberta to do the West Coast of British Columbia, which gets approximately $90\%$ of its gasoline from that pipeline. In $2013,$ Kinder Morgan applied to build a second larger pipeline running parallel to the first, at an estimated cost of $7\mathrm{.}4$ billion. Aberta sees the pipeline as critical to its economic future, but in early $2016,$ British Columbia's NDP government said that it did not support the pipeline, partly due to environmental risk associated with oil spills. In late $2016,$ the federal government approved the Kinder Morgan expansion project and assured Canadians that the approval was subject to $157$ binding conditions that will address potential indigenous, social economic and environmental impacts, including project engineering, safety, and emergency preparedness. In January $2018,$ British Columbia announced that oil imports from Alberta should be restricted until a study could be completed on the environmental impact of a potential spill. Alberta's premier $($a member of the NDP$)$ called the announcement a "stall static" and retaliated by blocking imports of wine from British Columbia. These sanctions were lifted $2$ weeks later. Both governments have appealed to the federal government for assistance, and both governments have fired lawsuits. In federal courts, the federal government has referred the provinces to dispute mediation while those lawsuits progress. In April $2018,$ Kinder Morgan suspended a 'non$-$essential' pipeline activities because British Columbia's continued opposition was putting shareholders' resources at risk. Alberta responded by proposing to restrict the amount of crude oil, natural gas, and refined oil being sent to British Columbia, essentially cutting off that province's gas supply, and Mayor of Calgary Naheed Nenshi criticized the British Columbia's premier, saying "it's very clear that Mr$.$ Morgan, who I think is one of the worst politician politicians that we have ever seen in Canada in decades, appeals to populism in a way that is not based on fact. $"$ What started as a legitimate conflict between competing interests has become a bitter dispute between Alberta and British Columbia, between Canada's NDP leaders and between Provisional and Federal governments. In late May $2018,$ the federal government bought the Trans Mountain pipeline from Kinder Mogan for $4\mathrm{.}5$ billion. The government has stated that it does not plan to be a long$-$term owner of the pipeline and is in negotiations with investors, including indigenous communities, pension funds, and the Alberta government, to sell the pipeline once it has been completed. $1.$ Describe the organizational sources of conflict described in this case? $2.$ Is this conflict zero$-$sum? Can it be framed as a win$-$win? $3.$ Describe several ineffective conflict management techniques that have been used in this instance?.