Environmental Policy

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Preface

Preface

Framing the Shot

From: Damming the Peace

B.C. filmmaker and photographer Alex Harris shares how she came to document the controversial Site C Dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley. Wroking with a handful of … 9 $0.90 Add
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Preface

Preface

From: A Good War

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Preface and Foreword
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Preface and Foreword

From: Toward Sustainable Communities

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Preface & Introduction

Preface & Introduction

An unwitting experiment

From: Oil’s Deep State

Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft provides an unique and personal view on the hold oil companies have on our democratic institutions. He goes on to provide a brief history of … 14 $1.40 Add
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Privatization and Its Discontents

Privatization and Its Discontents

From: Back to the Well

In this Chapter, de Villiers discusses the thorny issue of water privatization and commodification. He explores the difference between privatization of ownership and use and the ways in which … 45 $4.50 Add
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Putting Multi-Jurisdictional Impact Assessment into Action Under the Impact Assessment Act
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Putting Multi-Jurisdictional Impact Assessment into Action Under the Impact Assessment Act

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

This chapter reviews, explains, and assesses traditional approaches to address Multi-jurisdictional Impact Assessment (MJIA) in order to place and evaluate the methods set out in the Impact … ; 29 $2.90 Add
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Prologue

Prologue

From: I'm Right and You're an Idiot

“Just as we can pollute the natural environment, we can pollute public conversations.” While the experts disagree about why this is happening, they concur when it comes to the damage … 6 $0.60 Add
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Protect and extract
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Protect and extract

The Trudeau government’s conflicted legacy on nature and conservation

From: The Trudeau Record

This chapter addresses the Trudeau government’s legacy on conservation, environmental protection and safeguarding of endangered species and habitats. 13 $1.30 Add
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Pulling the levers of power

Pulling the levers of power

From Lougheed to Klein

From: Oil’s Deep State

Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the transition from Peter Lougheed’s government and Ralph Klein’s arrival as premier with focus paid to the political and economic … 7 $0.70 Add
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The Scope and Focus of Cumulative Effects and Regional Assessment
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The Scope and Focus of Cumulative Effects and Regional Assessment

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

This chapter examines the provisions for cumulative effects and regional assessment under Canada’s Impact Assessment Act (IAA) in light of established standards and suggests actions needed … ; 16 $1.60 Add
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Pushing the bar higher

Pushing the bar higher

From: Oil’s Deep State

Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the relationship between the oil industry and Alberta’s conservative leadership including the strain on the relationship by recent … 12 $1.20 Add
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Introducing the Impact Assessment Act’s Sustainability-Based Agenda
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Introducing the Impact Assessment Act’s Sustainability-Based Agenda

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

This chapter draw on the available literature and lessons from experience to address four areas: the basics of what “contribution to sustainability” now means and entails and what … 23 $2.30 Add
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Rape of the Commons

Rape of the Commons

The Impact of Site C on Farmland and Food Security

From: Damming the Peace

Wendy Holm, the author of an agricultural impact assessment of the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley, on what makes these foodlands so unique, and why they are of … 24 $2.40 Add
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Ready to Rally

Ready to Rally

Marshalling Public Opinion, Then and Now

From: A Good War

In Chapter 3, Klein examines the challenges the Canadian public face when trying to bring about climate action. Klein focuses on increasing widespread awareness through Public Education, … 40 $4.00 Add
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Refinery Town in the Petro-State
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Refinery Town in the Petro-State

Co-opting the Just Transition

From: Unjust Transition

Chapter One details the 2019-2020 lockout of oil refinery workers at the Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina, Canada, and the questions it raised about the possibility of a “just … ; ; 21 $2.10 Add
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Reframing the Debate

Reframing the Debate

From: Back to the Well

In this chapter, de Villiers begins approaching solutions for water crises by asking us to reframe the issue, by thinking and acting on a local level. 6 $0.60 Add