Energy Policy
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From  NEW! “A dangerous time for a government”From: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines late November to early December 1980, capturing the Trudeau government’s deepening political anxiety in Ottawa (as told by the diary of Jim Coutts, Prime … | Ron Graham | 3 | 2025 | $0.30 Add |
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From  A Short History of WaterFrom: Dry Run |
In this chapter you’ll learn a little of the fascinating history of water and civilization and how politics, economics and water have been part of the history of the US, especially of the … | Jerry Yudelson | 11 | 2010 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! “A strong hand”From: The Coutts Diaries |
In this chapter, Graham examines July 1980, the intense political manoeuvring in Trudeau’s Cabinet as it confronted the patriation of the Constitution and the National Energy Program (as … | Ron Graham | 14 | 2025 | $1.40 Add |
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From  A Triple CrisisFrom: Tar Sands Showdown |
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 |
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From  NEW! Accelerating the Future Readiness of Business and Society in the New Normal World of Constant ChangeFrom: The New Sustainability Edge: Redefining Business from Startups to Industry Leaders |
In this chapter, Glanville explores how organizations can prepare for a world of constant change, weaving together the climate crisis, housing affordability, food insecurity, and the … | Yasmin Glanville | 27 | 2025 | $2.70 Add |
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From  Access to EnergyHow Form Overtook Substance and Disempowered the Poor in Nova Scotia |
Examination of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal decision in Boulter to illustrate the denial of equal access to energy to disadvantaged communities. | Claire McNeil; Vincent Calderhead | 28 | 2014 | $2.80 Add |
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From  Big Oil and Think Tanks Besiege KyotoFrom: The Big Stall |
Examines the business led campaign to discredit the Kyoto Accord in the 1990s and 2000s. Big business lobbied for a "made in Canada" solution while funding a massive anti-Kyoto … | Donald Gutstein | 20 | 2018 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Canada and JapanFrom: The Indo-Pacific |
In this chapter, Burney examines the bilateral relationship between Canada and Japan within the broader Indo-Pacific security landscape. | Ian Burney | 15 | 2022 | $1.50 Add |
 Charging AheadHydro-Québec and the Future of Electricity |
Hydro-Québec manages one of the largest power grids on the continent. It is among the most profitable, the least expensive and the greenest. With a stunning renewable energy rate of 99.8 … | Jean-Benoît Nadeau; Julie Barlow | 320 | 2019 | View |
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From  NEW! Class Power and Legal CoercionRefinery Workers Confront the Limits of the “Right to Strike” From: Unjust Transition |
Chapter Four describes how the 2019-2020 lockout was marked by the employer’s use of scab labor and court injunctions to restrict workers’ ability to picket, as well as the impact on … | Andrew Steven; Emily Eaton; Sean Tucker | 20 | 2024 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Conclusion: All-In for All Life |
The author concludes the book with closing thoughts on the climate emergency. | Margaret Klein Salamon; Molly Gage | 21 | 2023 | $2.10 Add |
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From  Conclusions and omissionsFrom: Between Doom and Denial |
In this chapter, Leach examines Canada’s responsibility in the global energy transition, arguing that the country must confront the collision between fossil fuel demand and climate action. | Andrew Leach | 4 | 2023 | $0.40 Add |
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From Containing EnvironmentalismFrom: The Big Stall |
Describes the business lobby’s tactics to contain environmentalism propaganda, including the use of think tanks, during the 1970s and 1980s. Details the rise of neo-liberalism via the Mont … | Donald Gutstein | 24 | 2018 | $2.40 Add |
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From Crude AwakeningFrom: Tar Sands Showdown |
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 |
 Damming the PeaceThe hidden costs of the Site C Dam |
Since the 1970s, the Site C Dam in northeastern British Columbia’s Peace River Valley has been touted by BC Hydro and successive governments as necessary to meet the province’s … | Wendy Holm | 272 | 2018 | View |
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From  Defending Mother Earth |
Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel examines the qualifications of Indigenous people to weigh in on climate matters and promote clean energy policies and relates this to economic decisions in Canada. | Arthur Manuel | 5 | 2017 | $0.50 Add |
