Climate Change

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British Columbia and Climate Change: Sustainable Leadership?

British Columbia and Climate Change: Sustainable Leadership?

From: British Columbia Politics and Government

Investigation of claims by the BC government to be a leader in the battle against climate change, focusing on the period between 2002 and 2008. 18 $1.80 Add
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Bulk Water Transfers

Bulk Water Transfers

From: Back to the Well

In this chapter, de Villiers investigates the impact of a series of hydrological mega-projects occurring around the world, and the potential risks and benefits associates with re-engineering … 17 $1.70 Add
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Burning Planet

Burning Planet

From: Getting to Zero

Explores the big picture of ongoing global warming, and the lack of impact to date of the Paris Accord. Summarizes the threat to soil, water, and air. 23 $2.30 Add
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Canada's Carbon Record

Canada’s Carbon Record

From: About Canada: The Environment

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Canada's Changing Environment

Canada’s Changing Environment

From: About Canada: The Environment

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Carbon Pricing

Carbon Pricing

Economists vs. the Public Interest

From: The Big Stall

Reviews competing economic theories about tackling pollution. Explains Edmund Pigou’s work on "externalities" and neo-liberal ideas. An analysis of the two major policy proposals … 21 $2.10 Add
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Catalysts for Change

Catalysts for Change

From: Thriving Beyond Sustainability

Topics include: Greening Campuses – The Food Revolution – The Green Economy – Mainstreaming Green – Open Source – Initiatives, Confluence, Scope and Approach – … 26 $2.60 Add
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Catastrophic Collisions

Catastrophic Collisions

From: A Brief History of the Earth's Climate

This chapter examines meteor impacts, in particular the Chicxulub Impact near the Yucatan Peninsula. 14 $1.40 Add
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Cautionary Tales

Cautionary Tales

What Not to Do

From: A Good War

In Chapter 11, Klein examines the risk of losing civil liberties through Wartime Measures Acts. Focuses on issues relating to Refugee and Immigration Laws in Canada, Canadian Aid to Other Parts … 22 $2.20 Add
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Century of the Wind

Century of the Wind

From: The Wayfinders

From The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World 62 $6.20 Add
Changemakers

Changemakers

Embracing Hope, Taking Action, and Transforming the World

With every news report, the world seems to be careening off the rails. It’s all too easy to slip into despair waiting for co-opted, self-serving governments to act. The antidote to fear and … ; 208 View
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Changes in the Oceans During the PETM
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Changes in the Oceans During the PETM

From: Runaway Climate

Changes in the Oceans During the PETM: A pulse of 13 C, depleted carbon, warming, acidification, sea level rise, ocean currents and changes to ocean life during the PETM (high temperature, … 12 $1.20 Add
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Changes on Land During the PETM
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Changes on Land During the PETM

From: Runaway Climate

Changes on Land During the PETM: The land sediment record (global locations with Paleocene-Eocene transition sedimentary rocks, types of rocks) and climate changes on land, … 20 $2.00 Add
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Silphium

Silphium

From: Lost Feast

This chapter follows Newman’s time in Iceland tasting Icelandic butter and her reflections on culinary extinction and how the Iceland’s unique dairy products could soon become lost. 17 $1.70 Add