Oil

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Crossing the carbon divide

From: Oil’s Deep State

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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 … 14 $1.40 Add
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Lessons from Direct Action at the White House to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline

Part II: Communities and Resistance

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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In Chapter 16, the authors examine Keystone XL (or KXL) and the Tar Sands Action. ; ; 15 $1.50 Add
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Gulf Coast Resistance and the Southern Leg of the Keystone XL Pipeline

Part II: Communities and Resistance

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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In Chapter 17 the authors examine the scope and breadth of resistance across the Gulf Region of the United States, including the Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services, Tar Sands Blockade, … ; 14 $1.40 Add
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The Enbridge Pipeline Disaster and Accidental Activism along the Kalamazoo River

Part II: Communities and Resistance

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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In Chapter 18 Sonia Grant focuses on the oil spill into the Kalamazoo River and the controversies that surrounded cleanup efforts. It discusses topics such the health impacts and gaps in … 12 $1.20 Add
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Getting Europe Out of the Tar Sands: The Rise of the UK Tar Sands Network

Part II: Communities and Resistance

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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In Chapter 19 Jess Worth explores The UK Tar Sands Network (UKTSN), discussing solidarity with First Nations in Canada, exposing Canadian lobbying of the British and European Union (EU) … 10 $1.00 Add
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Labour Faces Keystone XL and Climate Change

Part II: Communities and Resistance

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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Chapter 20 focuses on the underlying structural problems in organized labour that make it difficult to confront broad social issues like global warming. 9 $0.90 Add
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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

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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 … 11 $1.10 Add
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The Rise of the Native Rights–Based Strategic Framework: Our Last Best Hope to Save Our Water, Air, and Earth

Part III: Future Prospects

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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In Chapter 22 Clayton Thomas-Muller examines how the present environmental framework is being developed from native rights, discussing the cost of loss of ecosystems, the global climate crisis, … 13 $1.30 Add
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Pipelines and Resistance across Turtle Island

Part III: Future Prospects

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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Chapter 23 examines resistance to pipelines across Turtle island (Canada), discussing Indigenous resistance and the anti-pipeline movement, decolonization, the resurgence of Indigenous … 14 $1.40 Add
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What Does It Mean to Be a Movement? A Proposal for a Coherent, Powerful, Indigenous-Led Movement

Part III: Future Prospects

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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In Chapter 24 Emily Coats focuses on Indigenous-led movements in Northern Alberta, discussing climate change, climate injustices, pollution, the Crown and Canadian law, and the UN Declaration on … 12 $1.20 Add
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Expanding the Fossil Fuel Resistance

Part III: Future Prospects

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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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. 7 $0.70 Add
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Secondary Targeting: A Strategic Approach to Tar Sands Resistance

Part III: Future Prospects

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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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 … 11 $1.10 Add
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From the Tar Sands to “Green Jobs”? Work and Ecological Justice

Part III: Future Prospects

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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In Chapter 27, Greg Albo and Lilian Yap discuss the ecological and social implications climate change has—or should have— in becoming a central parameter for all discussions of work … ; 13 $1.30 Add
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Tar Sands, Extreme Energy, and the Future of the Climate Movement

Part III: Future Prospects

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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In Chapter 28 Brian Tokar explores lessons from the past and how this can be used in fighting the tar sands, discussing topics including the “No Nukes” movement in North America, … 11 $1.10 Add
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Resisting the Carbon Bomb

From: The Reconciliation Manifesto

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Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel examines the pipelines being built on Indigenous land particularly the Kinder Morgan project proposed in 2016 and how the government of Canada moves forward … 7 $0.70 Add