Energy Policy

Showing 1–16 of 65 results

Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From A Short History of Water From: Dry Run View New Society Publishers	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
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 Access to Energy How Form Overtook Substance and Disempowered the Poor in Nova Scotia From: Advancing Social Rights in Canada View Irwin Law Inc.	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
From Big Oil and Think Tanks Besiege Kyoto From: The Big Stall View James Lorimer and Company	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
Charging Ahead Hydro-Québec and the Future of Electricity Baraka Books	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
From NEW! Class Power and Legal Coercion Refinery Workers Confront the Limits of the “Right to Strike” From: Unjust Transition View Fernwood Publishing	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 …		20	2024	$2.00 Add
From Conclusion: All-In for All Life From: Facing the Climate Emergency, 2nd Edition View New Society Publishers	The author concludes the book with closing thoughts on the climate emergency.		21	2023	$2.10 Add
From Containing Environmentalism From: The Big Stall View James Lorimer and Company	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
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
Damming the Peace The hidden costs of the Site C Dam James Lorimer and Company	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
From Defending Mother Earth From: The Reconciliation Manifesto View James Lorimer and Company	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
From NEW! Defending Indigenous Rights against the Just Society From: 1968 in Canada View University of Ottawa Press	This chapter traces the historical importance of, and interrelations between, developments in federal “Indian policy” and investments in fossil fuel extraction, and Indigenous …	Andrew Gemmell	27	2021	$2.70 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
Dry Run Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis New Society Publishers	In the Age of Scarcity now upon us, fresh water shortages are an increasingly serious global problem. With water restrictions emerging in many developed countries and water diversions for …	Jerry Yudelson	312	2010	View
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 Energy Alternatives to the Site C Dam in a Climate-Challenged World From: Damming the Peace View James Lorimer and Company	Sustainable energy expert Guy Dauncey looks at alternatives to the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley for meeting the electricity needs of British Columbia, and …	Guy Dauncey	28	2018	$2.80 Add