Climate Change

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Myth 8 Nothing Is Preventing Capitalism from Becoming Green! From: Ecology for the 99% View Between The Lines	This chapter challenges the idea that capitalism can grow without harming the environment, critiques the concept of "decoupling", and highlights how climate impacts are unevenly …	Alain Savard; Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier; Charles Simard; Clément de Gaulejac; Frédéric Legault	8	2024	$0.80 Add
From Myth 9 We Just Need to Make an Energy Transition! From: Ecology for the 99% View Between The Lines	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
From Navigating the Confluence From: Thriving Beyond Sustainability View New Society Publishers	Topics include: Ecosystem Decline – Energy Transition – Population Growth – Economic Disparity – Climate Change – A Confluence of Possibilities – Taking Action	Andrés R. Edwards	16	2010	$1.60 Add
From NEW! Neoliberalism and the World-Saving Market PART 2: The System-Preserving Frameworks From: Worlds at Stake View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 4 reflects on the current neoliberal system and its primarily market-oriented solutions to tackle climate change.	Aaron Saad	22	2022	$2.20 Add
From Net-Zero Challenge From: Getting to Zero View James Lorimer and Company	Indentifies how Canada, in contrast to several other countries, has failed to develop a credible plan of action for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050. Proposes that an …	Tony Clarke	18	2018	$1.80 Add
From New Times, New Tools Managing For Resilience From: Resilient Agriculture View Collection: The Future of Food: How Small Farms are Responding to Climate Change and Corporate Agriculture New Society Publishers	This chapter summarizes the key innovations and practices that the farmers featured in the book have implemented to deal with climate change and describes the main attributes of a sustainable …	Laura Lengnick	42	2015	$4.20 Add
From Niall Ferguson in Conversation with Rudyard Griffiths May 6, 2020 From: The World After Covid View House of Anansi Press	Niall Ferguson and Rudyard Griffiths discuss history and possible political, social, economic, and cultural consequences of the pandemic. Topics include historical precedence, public response, …	Rudyard Griffiths	14	2021	$1.40 Add
From NEW! No More Broken Promises Asserting Indigenous Sovereignty From: The End of This World View Between The Lines	Chapter 1 begins by situating the discussion of just transition in its historic contexts, present contexts, and future context in Canada where Indigenous rights and sovereignty are upheld. Topics …	Angele Alook; Bronwen Tucker; Crystal Lameman; David Gray-Donald; Emily Eaton; Joël Laforest	22	2023	$2.20 Add
From Oil Sands Binges, Rebrands From: The Big Stall View James Lorimer and Company	Analyzes the relationship between the oil industry and the Alberta government. The industry’s approach shifted to accepting a cap on carbon emissions which permitted ongoing operations and …	Donald Gutstein	21	2018	$2.10 Add
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 On Technology, Agriculture, and the Arts (post-) Hydrocarbon Aesthetics From: Peak Everything View New Society Publishers	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
From NEW! Once upon a time in deutschland From: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma View ECW Press	This chapter details the author’s German heritage and Germany’s postwar journey of coming to terms with its sins; the point is to see what other nations might learn about dealing with …	Arno Kopecky	25	2021	$2.50 Add
From One Planet Ecological Limits and Then What? From: Ecological Footprint View New Society Publishers	Once we compare demand (footprint) with supply (biocapacity) it becomes clear which countries run ecological deficits. It begs the question – are ecological deficits an economic risk? Where are …	Bert Beyers; Mathis Wackernagel	25	2019	$2.50 Add
From Origins From: The Memory We Could Be View New Society Publishers	To understand how we find ourselves in such a situation of ecological precarity requires delving into the past. But our intents are fraught from the start. Any attempt to retell human history is …	Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik	8	2018	$0.80 Add
From Our Romance With Reductionism From: About Canada: The Environment View Fernwood Publishing		Linda Pannozzo	21	2016	$2.10 Add