Alberta Tar Sands

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Responding to Chinese Investments in the Tar Sands

Responding to Chinese Investments in the Tar Sands

Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

In Chapter 8 Harjap Grewal focuses on the Canadian responses to Chinese investments in the tar sands, exploring topics including international trade agreements, xenophobia and the history of … 8 $0.80 Add
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Secondary Targeting: A Strategic Approach to Tar Sands Resistance

Secondary Targeting: A Strategic Approach to Tar Sands Resistance

Part III: Future Prospects

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

In Chapter 26 Stephan D’Arcy examines strategies to tar sand resistance by Indigenous communities, environmental NGOs, trade unions, and community defence organizations, and how to bring it … 11 $1.10 Add
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Social Upheaval

Social Upheaval

From: Tar Sands Showdown

Chapter 6 discusses the many ways in which the development of the tar sands has become a caldron that is brewing with social conflicts and tensions: (a) social conflicts: ranging from the … 39 $3.90 Add
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Taking Stock of Where We Are At and What Stands in Our Way
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Taking Stock of Where We Are At and What Stands in Our Way

From: 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 39 $3.90 Add
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Tar Sands, Extreme Energy, and the Future of the Climate Movement

Tar Sands, Extreme Energy, and the Future of the Climate Movement

Part III: Future Prospects

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

In Chapter 28 Brian Tokar explores lessons from the past and how this can be used in fighting the tar sands, discussing topics including the “No Nukes” movement in North America, … 11 $1.10 Add
Tar Sands Showdown

Tar Sands Showdown

Canada and the New Politics of Oil in an Age of Climate Change

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 … 312 View
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The Climate And Inequality Crises in Canada
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The Climate And Inequality Crises in Canada

From: More Powerful Together

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 14 $1.40 Add
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The Enbridge Pipeline Disaster and Accidental Activism along the Kalamazoo River

The Enbridge Pipeline Disaster and Accidental Activism along the Kalamazoo River

Part II: Communities and Resistance

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

In Chapter 18 Sonia Grant focuses on the oil spill into the Kalamazoo River and the controversies that surrounded cleanup efforts. It discusses topics such the health impacts and gaps in … 12 $1.20 Add
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The Environmental NGO Industry and Frontline Communities

The Environmental NGO Industry and Frontline Communities

Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

In Chapter 5 Dave Vasey reflects on the deep historical narrative of activism, examining the relationship between environmental non-governmental organizations (ENGOs) and tar sands campaigns, and … 12 $1.20 Add
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The Last Tar Sands Pipeline
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The Last Tar Sands Pipeline

From: 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: … 110 $11.00 Add
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The Rise of Reactionary Environmentalism in the Tar Sands

The Rise of Reactionary Environmentalism in the Tar Sands

Part 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. … 10 $1.00 Add
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The Rise of the Native Rights–Based Strategic Framework: Our Last Best Hope to Save Our Water, Air, and Earth

The Rise of the Native Rights–Based Strategic Framework: Our Last Best Hope to Save Our Water, Air, and Earth

Part III: Future Prospects

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

In Chapter 22 Clayton Thomas-Muller examines how the present environmental framework is being developed from native rights, discussing the cost of loss of ecosystems, the global climate crisis, … 13 $1.30 Add
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The Tar Sands Healing Walk

The Tar Sands Healing Walk

Part II: Communities and Resistance

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

In Chapter 12 Jesse Cardinal discusses and explores healing, through topics such as Tar Sands Healing Walk. 7 $0.70 Add
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Thinking Together About Changing Everything
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Thinking Together About Changing Everything

From: More Powerful Together

This chapter contains the following readings: Global Climate and Inequality Crises – This Research Project – Working Towards Decolonial Research Practice – This Book 17 $1.70 Add
To Be A Water Protector
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To Be A Water Protector

The Rise of the Wiindigoo Slayers

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 … 320 View
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Understanding the Crises
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Understanding the Crises

From: 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 … 22 $2.20 Add