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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
A Line in the Tar Sands Struggles for Environmental Justice Between The Lines	Tar sands “development” comes with an enormous environmental and human cost. But tar sands opponents—fighting a powerful international industry—are likened to terrorists; …	Joshua Kahn Russell; Stephen D'Arcy; Toban Black; Tony Weis	390	2014	View
From Afghanistan: The TAPI Pipeline From: Oil and World Politics View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses Afghanistan’s geopolitically strategic location between Central and South Asia, and the long-planned pipeline from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to Pakistan and India (TAPI). …	John Foster	20	2018	$2.00 Add
From Assembling Consent in Alberta: Hegemony and the Tar Sands Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 2 Randolph Haluza-DeLay summarizes some of the key methods used to represent the tar sands and build public consent, to the continuing destruction they cause. Topics include public …	Randolph Haluza-Delay	9	2014	$0.90 Add
From Awaiting Justice: The Ceaseless Struggle of the Lubicon Cree Part II: Communities and Resistance From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 10 Melina Laboucan-Massimo explores the struggles of the Lubicon Cree of Northern Alberta who face challenges from the encroachment of massive oil and gas development without their consent.	Melina Laboucan-Massimo	5	2014	$0.50 Add
From Beyond Token Recognition: The Growing Movement against the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project Part II: Communities and Resistance From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 14 Tyler McCreary focuses on the contested process governing the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway project, discussing topics including environmental concerns, legislative …	Tyler McCreary	14	2014	$1.40 Add
From Canada’s Eastward Pipelines: A Corporate Export Swindle, Confronted by Cross-Country Resistance Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 6 Martin Lukacs examines the anti–tar sands movement in Quebec, focusing on topics such as the Moratoire d’une génération (One-Generation Moratorium), civil …	Martin Lukacs	8	2014	$0.80 Add
From Canadian Diplomatic Efforts to Sell the Tar Sands Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 4 Yves Engler discusses Canadian diplomacy in the decades of its rapidly growing tar sands and its push for carbon-heavy oil globally. It discusses topics including international …	Yves Engler	9	2014	$0.90 Add
From NEW! Class Power and Legal Coercion Refinery Workers Confront the Limits of the “Right to Strike” From: Unjust Transition View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter Four describes how the 2019-2020 lockout was marked by the employer’s use of scab labor and court injunctions to restrict workers’ ability to picket, as well as the impact on …		20	2024	$2.00 Add
From Crossing the carbon divide From: Oil’s Deep State View James Lorimer and Company	Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft provides an overview of the arguments presented in previous chapters outling the oil industry’s hold on democratic institutions and concludes …	Kevin Taft	14	2017	$1.40 Add
From Culture Works Part II: Communities and Resistance From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 15 Christine Leclerc and Rex Weyler explore the power and devastation of the tar sands in a project called “The Enpipe Line: 70,000+ kilometres,” poetry written in …	Christine Leclerc; Rex Weyler	6	2014	$0.60 Add
From Economic Skirmishes and Pressures: Whose Oil Is It? From: Oil and World Politics View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses economic pressures on oil-producing countries to conform to the Washington Consensus. Examines the use of the IMF, World Bank and regional development banks to promote neoliberalism, …	John Foster	38	2018	$3.80 Add
From Ending the Age of Fossil Fuels and Building an Economics for the Seventh Generation Part III: Future Prospects From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 21 Winona LaDuke explores the Ojibwe prophecy for the seventh fire and how it relates to collective or individual actions, discussing the Natural Resources Defense Council, disasters …	Winona LaDuke	11	2014	$1.10 Add
From NEW! Energy and Climate Capturing the Imagination of Canada’s Climate Policy From: Corporate Rules View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, Jason MacLean argues that the key barrier to addressing climate change in Canada is not a deficit of scientific understanding or our technological capacity, but instead politics. …	Jason MacLean	18	2022	$1.80 Add
From Expanding the Fossil Fuel Resistance Part III: Future Prospects From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 25 Bill McKibben explores the challenges of breaking the hold of power and oil companies’ control in Canada and outlines a call to action.	Bill McKibben	7	2014	$0.70 Add
From Extractive Economy From: Getting to Zero View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses Canadian economic history, focusing on the analysis that inteprets Canada as an extractive economy. Situates PMs Harper and Trudeau’s policies in this context. Examines the …	Tony Clarke	27	2018	$2.70 Add
From Foreword From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	Forward by Naomi Klein and Bill McKibben.	Bill McKibben; Naomi Klein	2	2014	$0.20 Add