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The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

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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The long reach of oil’s deep state

The long reach of oil’s deep state

From: Oil’s Deep State

Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the extended reach of oil’s deep state in Alberta including oil’s relationship with the World Health Organization and universities … 19 $1.90 Add
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Resisting the Carbon Bomb

Resisting the Carbon Bomb

From: The Reconciliation Manifesto

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
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The Oil Industry
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The Oil Industry

Corporate Power and Oil Industry Regulation in Alberta

From: Corporate Rules

In this chapter, Nathan Lemphers looks at the overwhelming influence the oil industry exerts over Alberta, focusing on the history of the oil industry in the region and how it has shaped and … 17 $1.70 Add
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The OntoShift to the Commons

The OntoShift to the Commons

From: Free, Fair and Alive

In the second chapter, the authors dig into the question of why commons have been so ignored in the modern era, despite their long history, and suggest that a new ontological perspective is … 22 $2.20 Add
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The origins of oil's deep state in Canada

The origins of oil’s deep state in Canada

From: Oil’s Deep State

Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft uses Alberta as a case study to document the origins of the fossil feul industry in the province and it’s ties to government. 11 $1.10 Add
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The Petroleum Game: New Realities

The Petroleum Game: New Realities

From: Oil and World Politics

Discusses the patterns of Western military and economic interventions during the twenty-first century, and petroleum’s largely hidden role in world politics. US pressures have influenced … 26 $2.60 Add
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International Recognition of Our Proprietary Rights

International Recognition of Our Proprietary Rights

From: The Reconciliation Manifesto

Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel examines the economic interests of Indigenous people and Canada’s disregard for proprietary rights with emphasis on the forestry industry in British … 6 $0.60 Add
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The Rise of Reactionary Environmentalism in the Tar Sands

The Rise of Reactionary Environmentalism in the Tar Sands

Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

In Chapter 3 Ryan Katz-Rosene examines how federal and provincial governments alongside industry and high-profile apologists have constructed narratives by reframing environmental concerns. … 10 $1.00 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

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

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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The road to Trump

The road to Trump

From: Oil’s Deep State

Former Alberta opposition leader analyzes the ties between the fossil fuel industry and the hard right political movement that carried Donald Trump to the White House in 2016. 20 $2.00 Add
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The Social Life of Commoning

The Social Life of Commoning

From: Free, Fair and Alive

This chapter unpacks the first part of the Triad commons framework, the Social Life of Commoning. They propose that the socials aspects of commoning are rooted in patterns of cooperation, sharing … 17 $1.70 Add
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The Tar Sands
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The Tar Sands

Captured Regulation within a Regime of Obstruction

From: Corporate Rules

In this chapter, William K. Carroll looks beyond the immediate regulatory policies and practices placed onto the fossil fuel industry in Canada to examine the political and cultural channels that … 18 $1.80 Add
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The Tar Sands Healing Walk

The Tar Sands Healing Walk

Part II: Communities and Resistance

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

In Chapter 12 Jesse Cardinal discusses and explores healing, through topics such as Tar Sands Healing Walk. 7 $0.70 Add
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"They Had No Intention of Ever Coming to an Agreement"
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“They Had No Intention of Ever Coming to an Agreement”

Voices of Unifor 594 Workers

From: Unjust Transition

Chapter Three explores the the complex and contentious relationship between labor, capital, and the environment in the fossil fuel industry, in the wake of the 2019-2020 lockout of Unifor Local … ; ; 22 $2.20 Add
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Timeline of Key Events
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Timeline of Key Events

From: Testimonio

A thorough timeline of some key events in Guatemalan history starting in 1523 and stretching to 2020. ; 6 $0.60 Add