Oil

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Oil and the deep state From: Oil’s Deep State View James Lorimer and Company	Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft analyzes how an economy heavily dependent on oil production sets the stage for a deep state with examples from around the world.	Kevin Taft	10	2017	$1.00 Add
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
From On Technology, Agriculture, and the Arts Fifty Million Farmers From: Peak Everything View New Society Publishers	There are reasons to think that our current anomalous abundance of inexpensive food may be only temporary; if so, present and future generations may become acquainted with that old, formerly …	Richard Heinberg	20	2010	$2.00 Add
From Peter Lougheed and the rise of the oil sands From: Oil’s Deep State View James Lorimer and Company	Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines Peter Lougheed’s government in Alberta and the rise of the oil sands paying particular attention to Lougheed’s stance against …	Kevin Taft	11	2017	$1.10 Add
From Petro-Capitalism and the Tar Sands Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	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 …	Angela V. Carter	13	2014	$1.30 Add
From Petro-Chemical Legacies and Tar Sands Frontiers: Chemical Valley versus Environmental Justice Part II: Communities and Resistance From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 13 Toban Black critically examines the conference titled “Bitumen—Adding Value: Canada’s National Opportunity” in May of 2013, discussing potential tar sands …	Toban Black	12	2014	$1.20 Add
From Petroleum and Geopolitics From: Oil and World Politics View James Lorimer and Company	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
From Pipelines and Resistance across Turtle Island Part III: Future Prospects From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	Chapter 23 examines resistance to pipelines across Turtle island (Canada), discussing Indigenous resistance and the anti-pipeline movement, decolonization, the resurgence of Indigenous …	Sâkihitowin Awâsis	14	2014	$1.40 Add
From Preface & Introduction An unwitting experiment From: Oil’s Deep State View James Lorimer and Company	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
From Pulling the levers of power From Lougheed to Klein From: Oil’s Deep State View James Lorimer and Company	Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the transition from Peter Lougheed’s government and Ralph Klein’s arrival as premier with focus paid to the political and economic …	Kevin Taft	7	2017	$0.70 Add
From Pushing the bar higher From: Oil’s Deep State View James Lorimer and Company	Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the relationship between the oil industry and Alberta’s conservative leadership including the strain on the relationship by recent …	Kevin Taft	12	2017	$1.20 Add
From NEW! Refinery Town in the Petro-State Co-opting the Just Transition From: Unjust Transition View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter One details the 2019-2020 lockout of oil refinery workers at the Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina, Canada, and the questions it raised about the possibility of a “just …	Andrew Steven; Emily Eaton; Sean Tucker	21	2024	$2.10 Add
From Responding to Chinese Investments in the Tar Sands Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 8 Harjap Grewal focuses on the Canadian responses to Chinese investments in the tar sands, exploring topics including international trade agreements, xenophobia and the history of …	Harjap Grewal	8	2014	$0.80 Add
From Secondary Targeting: A Strategic Approach to Tar Sands Resistance Part III: Future Prospects From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 26 Stephan D’Arcy examines strategies to tar sand resistance by Indigenous communities, environmental NGOs, trade unions, and community defence organizations, and how to bring it …	Stephen D'Arcy	11	2014	$1.10 Add
From Syria: A Tale of Two Pipelines From: Oil and World Politics View James Lorimer and Company	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