Natural Resources
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 Free, Fair and AliveThe Insurgent Power of the Commons |
From co-housing and agroecology to fisheries and open-source everything, people around the world are increasingly turning to ‘commoning’ to emancipate themselves from a predatory … | David Bollier | 448 | 2019 | View |
 Getting to ZeroCanada Confronts Global Warming |
In this book, long-time social and environmental activist Tony Clarke provides hard-to-find information and analysis about what Canada is and is not doing as of 2018 to get to zero emissions. He … | Tony Clarke | 248 | 2018 | View |
 Oil and World PoliticsThe real story of today's conflict zones: Iraq, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Ukraine and more |
This book identifies the underlying role played by the oil and gas resource and the oil industry in international affairs, with a focus on recent conflict zones. It discusses military … | John Foster | 280 | 2018 | View |
 Oil’s Deep StateHow the petroleum industry undermines democracy and stops action on global warming — in Alberta, and in Ottawa |
This book addresses the question of democratic governments failed to take serious steps to reduce carbon emissions despite dire warnings and compelling evidence of the profound and growing threat … | Kevin Taft | 256 | 2017 | View |
 The Big StallHow big oil and think tanks are blocking action on climate change in Canada |
This book traces the origins of the Trudeau government’s climate change plan back to the energy sector itself — in particular Big Oil. It shows how, in the last fifteen years, Big Oil … | Donald Gutstein | 304 | 2018 | View |
 The Lac-Mégantic Rail DisasterPublic Betrayal, Justice Denied |
This book explores the circumstances leading up to the 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, describes the events themselves, and recounts the aftermath including the outcome of criminal trials … | Bruce Campbell | 216 | 2018 | View |
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From IntroductionFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
In the introduction, the authors frame current modern challenges such as climate change and social inequity as issues that can be effectively addressed through a lens of the commons, which they … | David Bollier | 9 | 2019 | $0.90 Add |
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From IntroductionFrom: Getting to Zero |
Identifies how the 2016 wildfires in Fort McMurray should cause Canada to confront climate change. Discusses how oil sand production has increased and why this needs to change for Canada to … | Tony Clarke | 7 | 2018 | $0.70 Add |
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From Petroleum and GeopoliticsFrom: Oil and World Politics |
Discusses petroleum, the most valuable commodity in world trade, and its ties to politics and power. Introduces the links between governments and oil corporations, the history of petrodollars in … | John Foster | 30 | 2018 | $3.00 Add |
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From Preface & IntroductionAn unwitting experiment From: Oil’s Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft provides an unique and personal view on the hold oil companies have on our democratic institutions. He goes on to provide a brief history of … | Kevin Taft | 14 | 2017 | $1.40 Add |
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From Commons and CommoningFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
In the first chapter, the authors argue first that large-scale cooperation is possible for humans, and that commoning, our capacity to self-organize and help each other through creation of … | David Bollier | 16 | 2019 | $1.60 Add |
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From Iraq: A Quest for ControlFrom: Oil and World Politics |
Documents the official reasons for the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the quest for control of Iraq’s oil wealth. The post-2003 Iraqi government resisted opening oil to foreign ownership, … | John Foster | 19 | 2018 | $1.90 Add |
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From Syria: A Tale of Two PipelinesFrom: Oil and World Politics |
Analyzes the Syrian conflict, in which Big Powers (US, Russia) and regional powers (Iran, Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey) clash over Sunni-Shia divisions, terrorism, and petroleum. Initial … | John Foster | 31 | 2018 | $3.10 Add |
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From The civil service falls in lineFrom: Oil’s Deep State |
Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the period of 2009-2014 in Alberta and the way in which civil servants were brought to identify the public interest with the oil … | Kevin Taft | 20 | 2017 | $2.00 Add |
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From The OntoShift to the CommonsFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
In the second chapter, the authors dig into the question of why commons have been so ignored in the modern era, despite their long history, and suggest that a new ontological perspective is … | David Bollier | 22 | 2019 | $2.20 Add |
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From  Enclosure and the CommonsFrom: Think Like a Commoner |
What happens when markets become so powerful that they disrupt natural ecosystems, reorder how people conduct their lives and claim ownership of life-forms? It is sometimes difficult to step … | David Bollier | 17 | 2014 | $1.70 Add |
