Environmental Policy

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From A Possible Future: The World We Can Win From: The Memory We Could Be View New Society Publishers	From a climatic perspective, our transformation requires two axes: a massive reduction of emissions and a massive reduction of injustice. We must diminish vulnerabilities, reduce the drivers of …	Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik	23	2018	$2.30 Add
From A theory of the deep state From: Oil’s Deep State View James Lorimer and Company	Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft introuces the concepts of institutional capture and deep state and links them together to outline a theory of the deep state, as background for a …	Kevin Taft	16	2017	$1.60 Add
From A Thriveable Future From: Thriving Beyond Sustainability View New Society Publishers	Topics include: The SPIRALS Framework – Scalable – Place-making – Intergenerational – Resilient – Accessible – Life-affirming – Self-care – Moving …	Andrés R. Edwards	17	2010	$1.70 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 NEW! Advice for Action From: The Sea Is Rising and So Are We View Between The Lines	In Chapter 5 Kaufman offers advice for understanding how social change happens. This chapter discusses topics including personal lifestyle changes, shifting community culture, protests, …	Cynthia Kaufman	19	2021	$1.90 Add
From NEW! The Process of Reform Real Change? From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment View Irwin Law Inc.	This chapter describe the processes leading to the enactment of the IAA, and also also traces the fate of three substantive areas of possible reform through the legislative process. The chapter …	Hugh J. Benevides	24	2021	$2.40 Add
From An Unnatural History Earthquakes, Dams and Fracking From: Damming the Peace View James Lorimer and Company	Investigative journalist Andrew Nikiforuk describes the impact of the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley on the downstream Athabasca Delta.	Andrew Nikiforuk	13	2018	$1.30 Add
From NEW! Another World Is Possible From: The Sea Is Rising and So Are We View Between The Lines	In Chapter 2, Kaufman provides a glimpse of what a post transition world might look like after we move away from a society built on burning fossil fuels and on exploitative of the third world, to …	Cynthia Kaufman	20	2021	$2.00 Add
From Appendix Where to Start? Practical Tips for Getting Involved Right Now From: Ecology for the 99% View Between The Lines	This appendix outlines a few simple principles to help get you started in activism.	Alain Savard; Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier; Charles Simard; Clément de Gaulejac; Frédéric Legault	6	2024	$0.60 Add
From NEW! Appendix: The Earth4All Model From: Earth for All View New Society Publishers	The Appendix is a breakdown of the Earth4All Model.	Jørgen Randers; Jayati Ghosh; Johan Rockström; Owen Gaffney; Per Espen Stoknes; Sandrine Dixson-Declève	6	2022	$0.60 Add
From Are Dams Really that Bad? 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 discusses the controversies surrounding dams and hydroelectricity. Using a variety of case studies, he explores their benefits, as well as their impacts on both …	Marq de Villiers	28	2018	$2.80 Add
From NEW! Integrating Climate Change Mitigation into the Impact Assessment Act From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment View Irwin Law Inc.	This chapter considers the impacts of a proposed project on GHG emissions and carbon sinks at five critical stages of IA: triggering, information gathering, analysis, the project decision, and …	Meinhard Doelle	24	2021	$2.40 Add
From At Home in the Great Lakes From: Overrun View ECW Press	This chapter explores the current state of Asian carp in the Great Lakes and the future of the Great Lakes ecosystem.	Andrew Reeves	29	2019	$2.90 Add
Back to the Well Rethinking the Future of Water	Droughts. Floods. Contamination. Climate change. The perils to the global fresh-water supply have never been so clear or so numerous, as the crisis in Cape Town’s water supply in early 2018 …		378		View
From NEW! Big Oil Wants to Talk About Your Carbon Footprint From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now View New Society Publishers	This chapter details the efforts of oil companies to cover up their own climate research, as well as how we can pressure these companies into doing more to protect the environment and move away …	Sami Grover	17	2021	$1.70 Add
From Bison, Blue Jays, Rainbow and Walleye Peace River Biodiversity From: Damming the Peace View Collection: Water and Climate Change: Impacts on Canada and the World James Lorimer and Company	B.C. wildlife biologist Brian Churchill describes B.C.’s Peace River Valley’s unique biodiversity and what would be destroyed by the Site C dam under construction there. Adjacent to …	Brian Churchill	16	2018	$1.60 Add