Environmental Policy

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! Standing on Guard for Our Waters Ottawa's Response to the Transit of Alaskan Oil From: 1968 in Canada View University of Ottawa Press	The discovery of massive quantities of recoverable oil on the north slope of Alaska in July 1968 and competing shipping alternatives to transit the hydrocarbons south, through or adjacent to …	Christopher Kirkey	25	2021	$2.50 Add
From Step 1: Selecting Behaviors From: Fostering Sustainable Behavior View New Society Publishers	Whether you are developing a program to promote water efficiency, waste reduction, watershed protection, energy efficiency, modal transportation shifts, or virtually any other area related to …	Doug McKenzie-Mohr	11	2011	$0.11 Add
From NEW! Impact Assessment for Projects on Federal Lands and Outside Canada The “Federal Projects” Process From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment View Irwin Law Inc.	This chapter explores the process set out in the Assessment Act (IAA) for the assessment of projects on federal lands and projects outside Canada; how this process differs from the rest of the …	Jamie Kneen	24	2021	$2.40 Add
From NEW! Considering the Potential for Meaningful Public Participation Under Canada’s Impact Assessment Act From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment View Irwin Law Inc.	This chapter examines the provisions for meaningful participation in the IAA and provides a more critical analysis of the limitations of public participation and discusses action needed to …	A. John Sinclair	20	2021	$2.00 Add
From NEW! Swimming Upstream From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now View New Society Publishers	This chapter discusses the benefits of personal change, how personal decisions can have ripple effects on other people, and how activists need to meet people where they are in order to influence …	Sami Grover	16	2021	$1.60 Add
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
From “That’s How We See It” Trauma and Indigenous Resistance From: Damming the Peace View James Lorimer and Company	Journalist Andrew MacLeod interviews respected First Nations leader Helen Knott about the impact of the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley on her community, and in …	Andrew MacLeod	17	2018	$1.70 Add
From The Big Lie Why and How BC Hydro Dismissed the Peace River Valley Microclimate From: Damming the Peace View James Lorimer and Company	Former B.C. Environment Minister Joan Sawicki sets out her analysis that BC Hydro “overlooked” the importance of microclimate in its agricultural impact assessment of the Site C dam …	Joan Sawicki	9	2018	$0.90 Add
From The Big Shift From: Getting to Zero View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses the urgent need to shift from carbon intensive activities in three sectors: energy (bitumen to be declared a "sunset" industry), transportation (to shift from private internal …	Tony Clarke	37	2018	$3.70 Add
The Big Stall How big oil and think tanks are blocking action on climate change in Canada	This book traces the origins of the Trudeau government’s climate change plan back to the energy sector itself — in particular Big Oil. It shows how, in the last fifteen years, Big Oil …		304		View
From The civil service falls in line From: Oil’s Deep State View James Lorimer and Company	Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the period of 2009-2014 in Alberta and the way in which civil servants were brought to identify the public interest with the oil …	Kevin Taft	20	2017	$2.00 Add
From NEW! The Climate Movement PART 4: To Shape a Coming World From: Worlds at Stake View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 10 focuses on the current state of the climate movement, providing a survey of its most prominent leaders, their tactics, and action they are bringing about.	Aaron Saad	22	2022	$2.20 Add
From The Corporation vs. Nature From: The Big Stall View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses an alternative approach to dealing with climate change: abandon neo-liberal measures and shift to a zero growth economy with redistribution of existing wealth. Action requires …	Donald Gutstein	17	2018	$1.70 Add
From "The debate is closing" The carbonizing of American politics From: Oil’s Deep State View James Lorimer and Company	Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft links the Canadian experience of the oil industry’s influence on politics to the United States to industry ties to the George W. Bush government …	Kevin Taft	23	2017	$2.30 Add
From The Design of Envrionmentally Sustainable and Socially Appropriate Technologies From: Techno-Fix View New Society Publishers	The Design of Environmentally Sustainable and Socially Appropriate Technologies suggests specific environmental and social design criteria for new technologies, the importance of the …	Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann	21	2011	$2.10 Add
From The Dismal Arithmetic of Water From: Back to the Well View Collection: Water and Climate Change: Impacts on Canada and the World Goose Lane Editions	In this chapter, de Villiers outlines the anatomy of a water crisis, using the city of Sao Paulo Brazil as an example. He shows how limits in supply and distribution, in concert with growing …	Marq de Villiers	12	2018	$1.20 Add