Alberta Tar Sands
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From  Petro-Capitalism and the Tar SandsPart I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands |
In Chapter 1 Angela Carter uses petro-capitalism as a lens to capture the scale and complexity of the tar sands industry, focusing on our economic, political, and environmental costs of fossil … | Angela V. Carter | 13 | 2014 | $1.30 Add |
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From  NEW! RelativesFrom: To Be A Water Protector |
Seeds of Hope: Mino Gitigaaning – Omaakaakii: In Praise of Frogs – I Miss You – Free the Snake – How Do We Grieve the Death of a River? – Amazon Should Save the … | Winona LaDuke | 58 | 2020 | $5.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Understanding the CrisesFrom: More Powerful Together |
This chapter contains the following readings: Uneven Impacts of Pipeline Development, Environmental Destruction and Climate Disruption – Structures and Systems that Drive Climate Injustice … | Jen Gobby | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
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From Assembling Consent in Alberta: Hegemony and the Tar SandsPart I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands |
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 |
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From  Energy SuperpowerFrom: Tar Sands Showdown |
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 |
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From NEW! Envisioning the AlternativesFrom: More Powerful Together |
This chapter contains the following readings: Decarbonizing – Decentralizing and Democratizing – Decolonizing – Reconnecting with Land and Each Other – Possible Tensions … | Jen Gobby | 19 | 2020 | $1.90 Add |
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From NEW! Mni WiconiFrom: To Be A Water Protector |
From Buffalo to Black Snake – The Deep North – The Seventh Generation – The Rise of the Water Protector – The Siege at River’s Edge – The Art of Indigenous … | Winona LaDuke | 64 | 2020 | $6.40 Add |
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From Fuelling AmericaFrom: Tar Sands Showdown |
This chapter argues that the prime reason for the rapid development of the tar sands is to provide a secure source of oil supplies for the US. Its sections are (a) America’s oil addiction: … | Tony Clarke | 41 | 2008 | $4.10 Add |
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From NEW! How We Get From Here to ThereFrom: More Powerful Together |
This chapter contains the following readings: The Movements’ Theories of Change – The Context – How We Understand and What We Value – How We Take Action – How We … | Jen Gobby | 49 | 2020 | $4.90 Add |
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From NEW! The Last Tar Sands PipelineFrom: To Be A Water Protector |
A Pipeline Runs Through It – Sandpiper Timeline – Not Minnesota Nice – Palisade: Let’s Be Good Neighbors – The Necessity Defense – Whispering Dirty Secrets: … | Winona LaDuke | 110 | 2020 | $11.00 Add |
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From The Rise of Reactionary Environmentalism in the Tar SandsPart 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. … | Ryan Katz-Rosene | 10 | 2014 | $1.00 Add |
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From Canadian Diplomatic Efforts to Sell the Tar SandsPart I: Tar Sands Expansionism From: A Line in the Tar Sands |
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 |
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From Ecological NightmareFrom: Tar Sands Showdown |
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 |
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From NEW! Eighth FireFrom: To Be A Water Protector |
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 |
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From NEW! Taking Stock of Where We Are At and What Stands in Our WayFrom: More Powerful Together |
This chapter contains the following readings: What’s Working and What’s Not Working in Our Movements – The Barriers to Decolonizing and Decarbonizing Canada – Note | Jen Gobby | 39 | 2020 | $3.90 Add |
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From NEW! Overcoming the Barriers and Building More Powerful MovementsFrom: More Powerful Together |
This chapter contains the following readings: Confronting and Overcoming the External Barriers – Confronting and Overcoming the Internal Barriers – Relational Theories of Change and … | Jen Gobby | 39 | 2020 | $3.90 Add |
