Alberta Tar Sands

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
A Line in the Tar Sands Struggles for Environmental Justice Between The Lines	Tar sands “development” comes with an enormous environmental and human cost. But tar sands opponents—fighting a powerful international industry—are likened to terrorists; …	Joshua Kahn Russell; Stephen D'Arcy; Toban Black; Tony Weis	390	2014	View
From A Triple Crisis From: Tar Sands Showdown View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter discusses the convergence of three global and potentially deadly crises with implications for the development of the tar sands: (a) peak oil: the end of cheap, abundant supplies of …	Tony Clarke	38	2008	$3.80 Add
From Assembling Consent in Alberta: Hegemony and the Tar Sands Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 2 Randolph Haluza-DeLay summarizes some of the key methods used to represent the tar sands and build public consent, to the continuing destruction they cause. Topics include public …	Randolph Haluza-Delay	9	2014	$0.90 Add
From Awaiting Justice: The Ceaseless Struggle of the Lubicon Cree Part II: Communities and Resistance From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 10 Melina Laboucan-Massimo explores the struggles of the Lubicon Cree of Northern Alberta who face challenges from the encroachment of massive oil and gas development without their consent.	Melina Laboucan-Massimo	5	2014	$0.50 Add
From Beyond Token Recognition: The Growing Movement against the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project Part II: Communities and Resistance From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 14 Tyler McCreary focuses on the contested process governing the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway project, discussing topics including environmental concerns, legislative …	Tyler McCreary	14	2014	$1.40 Add
From Big Oil Takes Control From: The Big Stall View James Lorimer and Company	Analyzes the rise of neo-liberalism think tanks in Canada and their impact on energy policy through the 1970s and 1980s. Trudeau’s Keynesian interventions such as the NEP and Petro Canada …	Donald Gutstein	18	2018	$1.80 Add
From Canada’s Eastward Pipelines: A Corporate Export Swindle, Confronted by Cross-Country Resistance Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 6 Martin Lukacs examines the anti–tar sands movement in Quebec, focusing on topics such as the Moratoire d’une génération (One-Generation Moratorium), civil …	Martin Lukacs	8	2014	$0.80 Add
From Canadian Diplomatic Efforts to Sell the Tar Sands Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 4 Yves Engler discusses Canadian diplomacy in the decades of its rapidly growing tar sands and its push for carbon-heavy oil globally. It discusses topics including international …	Yves Engler	9	2014	$0.90 Add
From Crude Awakening From: Tar Sands Showdown View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter covers the early development of the tar sands with the following subsections: (a) black gold: the pioneers who developed the technology to extract oil from the tar sands; (b) land …	Tony Clarke	38	2008	$3.80 Add
From Culture Works Part II: Communities and Resistance From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In Chapter 15 Christine Leclerc and Rex Weyler explore the power and devastation of the tar sands in a project called “The Enpipe Line: 70,000+ kilometres,” poetry written in …	Christine Leclerc; Rex Weyler	6	2014	$0.60 Add
From Dream Change From: Tar Sands Showdown View James Lorimer and Company	This final chapter discusses the need to start changing the dream of the good life based on accumulating wealth and power, including our model of industrialization, and developing strategies for …	Tony Clarke	40	2008	$4.00 Add
From Duped and How A Case Study: Foreign-Funded Radicals From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot View New Society Publishers	Never has there been a greater disparity between what scientists say we should be concerned about and what members of government and the oil and gas industry are doing. In this case study I …	James Hoggan	15	2016	$1.50 Add
From Ecological Nightmare From: Tar Sands Showdown View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter discusses the multiple forms of environmental damage caused by the massive development of the tar sands for crude exports to the US: (a) global warming: the emergence of the tar …	Tony Clarke	41	2008	$4.10 Add
From NEW! Eighth Fire From: To Be A Water Protector View Fernwood Publishing	Turning on a Dime – Really Finland, Must You? – The New Iron Horse – How Sweet It Is – The Renaissance of Cannabis – Lifting Hearts — Poetry and the UN …	Winona LaDuke	57	2020	$5.70 Add
From 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 View Between The Lines	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 …	Winona LaDuke	11	2014	$1.10 Add
From Energy Superpower From: Tar Sands Showdown View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter concerns the promotion of Canada as “the world’s next energy superpower,” largely because of the development of the tar sands, with these themes: (a) corporate …	Tony Clarke	41	2008	$4.10 Add