Natural Resources
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From  Myth 12Economic Planning Means Going Back to the USSR From: Ecology for the 99% |
This chapter critiques the shortcomings of both contemporary capitalist economies and the Soviet model, and proposes democratic planning as an alternative framework for organizing the economy. | Alain Savard; Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier; Charles Simard; Clément de Gaulejac; Frédéric Legault | 8 | 2024 | $0.80 Add |
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From Myth 13Market Is Freedom! From: Ecology for the 99% |
This chapter interrogates the idea of the "free market," arguing that markets are actively shaped by dominant actors whose influence undermines innovation and contributes to systemic … | Alain Savard; Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier; Charles Simard; Clément de Gaulejac; Frédéric Legault | 10 | 2024 | $1.00 Add |
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From Myth 6It’s Not about Political Vision, It’s about Science From: Ecology for the 99% |
This chapter describes the relationship between climate science and the political interest of major governments. It explains that while political leaders acknowledge the environmental crisis, … | Alain Savard; Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier; Charles Simard; Clément de Gaulejac; Frédéric Legault | 8 | 2024 | $0.80 Add |
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From Myth 9We Just Need to Make an Energy Transition! From: Ecology for the 99% |
This chapter discusses why capitalism is unlikely to abandon its dependence on fossil fuels and transition toward a renewable economic model. | Alain Savard; Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier; Charles Simard; Clément de Gaulejac; Frédéric Legault | 11 | 2024 | $1.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Neoliberalism Comes to Canada |
In this chapter, Himelfarb traces how neoliberal ideology reshaped Canada from the 1970s through 2015, moving from a protective welfare state toward deregulation and austerity. | Alex Himelfarb | 45 | 2026 | $4.50 Add |
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From  New Beginnings: Tar Sands Prospecting AbroadPart I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands |
In Chapter 9 MacDonald Stainsby explores the rise of “extreme” fossil energy extraction such as for oil shale and fracking for “tight” oil and natural gas. The chapter … | MacDonald Stainsby | 11 | 2014 | $1.10 Add |
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From  NotesFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
Notes | David Bollier | 32 | 2019 | $3.20 Add |
 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 … | 280 | View | ||
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From  On Technology, Agriculture, and the ArtsFifty Million Farmers From: Peak Everything |
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 |
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From On Technology, Agriculture, and the Arts(post-) Hydrocarbon Aesthetics From: Peak Everything |
Will industrial production survive in the post-hydrocarbon era? The answer will of course depend on how much energy humans will have at their disposal. The total amount, as well as the per capita … | Richard Heinberg | 16 | 2010 | $1.60 Add |
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From Peer Governance Through CommoningFrom: Free, Fair and Alive |
This chapter considers the second aspect of the Triad framework, Peer Governance through Commoning. They name and describe ten dynamics of Peer Governance usually present in effective commons, … | David Bollier | 44 | 2019 | $4.40 Add |
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From  Peru, 1992 |
In this chapter, Engler and Schalk examine President Alberto Fujimori’s 1992 self-coup in Peru, where he dissolved his own congress with military backing. | Owen Schalk; Yves Engler | 4 | 2024 | $0.40 Add |
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From Petro-Capitalism and the Tar SandsPart I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands |
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 |
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From Petro-Chemical Legacies and Tar Sands Frontiers: Chemical Valley versus Environmental JusticePart II: Communities and Resistance From: A Line in the Tar Sands |
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 |
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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 Pipelines and Resistance across Turtle IslandPart III: Future Prospects From: A Line in the Tar Sands |
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 |
