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
Getting to Zero Canada Confronts Global Warming James Lorimer and Company	In this book, long-time social and environmental activist Tony Clarke provides hard-to-find information and analysis about what Canada is and is not doing as of 2018 to get to zero emissions. He …	Tony Clarke	248	2018	View
NEW! More Powerful Together Conversations with Climate Activists and Indigenous Land Defenders Fernwood Publishing	How can social movements help bring about large-scale systems change? This is the question Jen Gobby sets out to answer in More Powerful Together. As an activist, Gobby has been actively involved …	Jen Gobby	250	2020	View
Tar Sands Showdown Canada and the New Politics of Oil in an Age of Climate Change James Lorimer and Company	Canada’s oil patch is booming. The Alberta tar sands have become the next big oil source for the United States, replacing Saudi Arabia. Within the next 15 years, Canada will be pumping four …	Tony Clarke	312	2008	View
NEW! To Be A Water Protector The Rise of the Wiindigoo Slayers Fernwood Publishing	Winona LaDuke is a leader in cultural-based sustainable development strategies, renewable energy, sustainable food systems and Indigenous rights. Her new book, To Be a Water Protector: Rise of …	Winona LaDuke	320	2020	View
From Foreword From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	Forward by Naomi Klein and Bill McKibben.	Bill McKibben; Naomi Klein	2	2014	$0.20 Add
From Introduction From: Getting to Zero View James Lorimer and Company	Identifies how the 2016 wildfires in Fort McMurray should cause Canada to confront climate change. Discusses how oil sand production has increased and why this needs to change for Canada to …	Tony Clarke	7	2018	$0.70 Add
From NEW! Introduction From: To Be A Water Protector View Fernwood Publishing		Winona LaDuke	8	2020	$0.80 Add
From Preface From: Tar Sands Showdown View James Lorimer and Company	Outlines the author’s fascination with the tar sands, the three trips that he has taken to them, why the third trip was exponential different due to the changes in Canada, outlines the …	Tony Clarke	6	2008	$0.60 Add
From NEW! Thinking Together About Changing Everything From: More Powerful Together View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter contains the following readings: Global Climate and Inequality Crises – This Research Project – Working Towards Decolonial Research Practice – This Book	Jen Gobby	17	2020	$1.70 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 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 Introduction Drawing a Line in the Tar Sands From: A Line in the Tar Sands View Between The Lines	In the Introduction the editors explain the premise of the book, which serves as a tool for use in classrooms, a guide for activist strategy, and a way to share the historic and present struggle …	Joshua Kahn Russell; Stephen D'Arcy; Toban Black; Tony Weis	20	2014	$2.00 Add
From NEW! Omaa Akiing: Here On Earth From: To Be A Water Protector View Fernwood Publishing	Winter Count – How to Be Better Ancestors – The Holy Land Is Here – The Month You Remember Me	Winona LaDuke	17	2020	$1.70 Add
From NEW! The Climate And Inequality Crises in Canada From: More Powerful Together View Fernwood Publishing	This chapter contains the following readings: Climate Crisis and Oil and Gas Development in Canada – Ongoing Impacts of Settler Colonialism in Canada – Social Movements in Canada	Jen Gobby	14	2020	$1.40 Add
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