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A Line in the Tar Sands

Struggles for Environmental Justice

 Tar sands “development” comes with an enormous environmental and human cost. But tar sands opponents—fighting a powerful international industry—are likened to terrorists; … ; ; ; 390 View

Getting to Zero

Canada 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 … 248 View

Oil and World Politics

The 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 … 280 View

Oil’s Deep State

How the petroleum industry undermines democracy and stops action on global warming — in Alberta, and in Ottawa

 Why have democratic governments failed to take serious steps to reduce carbon emissions despite dire warnings and compelling evidence of the profound and growing threat posed by global warming? … 256 View

The Big Stall

How 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 … 304 View

The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

Public 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 … 216 View
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Foreword

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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 Forward by Naomi Klein and Bill McKibben. ; 2 $0.20 Add
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Introduction

From: Getting to Zero

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 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 … 7 $0.70 Add
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Petroleum and Geopolitics

From: Oil and World Politics

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 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 … 30 $3.00 Add
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An unwitting experiment

From: Oil’s Deep State

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 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 … 14 $1.40 Add
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Drawing a Line in the Tar Sands

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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 In the Introduction the editors explain the premise of the book, which serves as a tool for use in classrooms, a guide for activist strategy, and a way to share the historic and present struggle … ; ; ; 20 $2.00 Add
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Iraq: A Quest for Control

From: Oil and World Politics

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 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, … 19 $1.90 Add
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Energy and Climate

Capturing the Imagination of Canada’s Climate Policy

From: Corporate Rules

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 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. … 18 $1.80 Add
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Petro-Capitalism and the Tar Sands

Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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 In Chapter 1 Angela Carter uses petro-capitalism as a lens to capture the scale and complexity of the tar sands industry, focusing on our economic, political, and environmental costs of fossil … 13 $1.30 Add
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Syria: A Tale of Two Pipelines

From: Oil and World Politics

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 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 … 31 $3.10 Add
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The civil service falls in line

From: Oil’s Deep State

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 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 … 20 $2.00 Add