Environmental Policy
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From  Trouble with FishingFrom: Overrun |
In this chapter, the author travels to Illinois to meet with commercial fishermen who fish the rivers and lakes of the Midwest. Topics discussed include the methods that fishers use to attempt to … | Andrew Reeves | 28 | 2019 | $2.80 Add |
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From  Two Degrees Too Late (A Shell Game)From: The Big Stall |
Examines why climate scientists believe it is imperative to limit warming to no more than 2 degrees celsius. Discusses why turning to natural gas, as is advocated by energy corporations and many … | Donald Gutstein | 21 | 2018 | $2.10 Add |
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From  Understand Emissions: Where, Who, What, When and HowFrom: The Memory We Could Be |
Beyond the rich debates surrounding complexity in climate science, when it comes to emissions, there are five major discussions: where, who, what, when and how? Where are emissions coming from? … | Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik | 21 | 2018 | $2.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Project Impact AssessmentsTriggering and Coverage |
This chapter focuses on two questions. First: how effectively are the purposes of the Impact Assessment Act (IAA) likely to be met given the triggering process and coverage of projects under the … | Stephen Hazell | 25 | 2021 | $2.50 Add |
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From  UNESCODownstream Impact on the Athabasca Delta From: Damming the Peace |
Journalist Andrew Nikiforuk explores the linkages between the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley, fracking in the adjacent Moberly Field, and the potential impact on … | Andrew Nikiforuk | 8 | 2018 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! UngovernableHow a Refinery Became “Too Big to Fail” — and What it Means to the People of Saskatchewan From: Unjust Transition |
Chapter Five argues that the Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina, Canada, poses significant environmental and health risks to nearby residents. | Andrew Steven; Emily Eaton; Sean Tucker | 29 | 2024 | $2.90 Add |
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NEW! Unjust TransitionThe Future for Fossil Fuel Workers |
In 2019, Regina’s Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC), a subsidiary of Federated Co-operative, locked out Unifor Local 594 after collective bargaining negotiations failed. CRC used the transition … | 232 | View | ||
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From Via ChicagoFrom: Overrun |
In this chapter, the author travels to Chicago to explore the city’s waterways as another possible vector for Asian carp populations to access the Great Lakes | Andrew Reeves | 33 | 2019 | $3.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Wants and Needs |
In this chapter, the author unpacks our consumer impulses, and how a consumer state of mind does not encourage environmental action. | Sami Grover | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From Water ExportThe Site C End-Game From: Damming the Peace |
Investigative journalist Joyce Nelson links the Site C dam under construction in B.C.’s Peace River Valley to continental water-sharing plans. Her analysis is that the Site C dam is being … | Joyce Nelson | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add |
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From Welcome to the Clean Growth CenturyFrom: The Big Stall |
Analyzes Justin Trudeau’s environmental policies and his alliance with Rachel Notley. Liberal Party policies speak about capitalizing on the opportunities of a low carbon economy, but fail … | Donald Gutstein | 20 | 2018 | $2.00 Add |
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NEW! We’re all Climate Hypocrites NowHow Embracing Our Limitations Can Unlock the Power of a Movement |
Our culture tells us that personal responsibility is central to tackling the climate emergency, yet the choices we make are often governed by the systems in which we live. Whether it’s … | 192 | View | ||
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From NEW! We’re all Climate Hypocrites Now |
The opening chapter outlines a contradiction in environmental activism: we all know the problem is urgent, but we all continue to produce some amount of carbon emissions. Grover suggests that we … | Sami Grover | 13 | 2021 | $1.30 Add |
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From NEW! What Difference Does It Make? |
This chapter describes the efforts of cyclists in Amsterdam to resist the encroachment of cars and keep that city bike-centric. He uses their efforts as a model for how change has to take place … | Sami Grover | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 Add |
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From  NEW! What Do We Need to Do?From: Runaway Climate |
What Do We Need to Do? Personal actions, public health, role of government, fossil fuel subsidies, zero carbon commitments, carbon pricing | Steven Earle | 17 | 2024 | $1.70 Add |
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From  What Is Capitalism?From: Ecology for the 99% |
This chapter explains capitalism as both an economic system and a form of social organization. It also explores how capitalism can be undemocratic and highlights the problems with capitalist companies. | Alain Savard; Arnaud Theurillat-Cloutier; Charles Simard; Clément de Gaulejac; Frédéric Legault | 8 | 2024 | $0.80 Add |
