Environmental Policy

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Trouble with Fishing From: Overrun View ECW Press	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
From Two Degrees Too Late (A Shell Game) From: The Big Stall View James Lorimer and Company	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
From Understand Emissions: Where, Who, What, When and How From: The Memory We Could Be View New Society Publishers	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
From NEW! Project Impact Assessments Triggering and Coverage From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment View Irwin Law Inc.	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
From UNESCO Downstream Impact on the Athabasca Delta From: Damming the Peace View Collection: Environmental Disasters in Canada: Causes, Impact, and Response James Lorimer and Company	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
From NEW! Ungovernable How a Refinery Became “Too Big to Fail” — and What it Means to the People of Saskatchewan From: Unjust Transition View Fernwood Publishing	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
NEW! Unjust Transition The 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
From Via Chicago From: Overrun View ECW Press	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
From NEW! Wants and Needs From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now View New Society Publishers	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
From Water Export The Site C End-Game From: Damming the Peace View James Lorimer and Company	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
From Welcome to the Clean Growth Century From: The Big Stall View James Lorimer and Company	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
NEW! We’re all Climate Hypocrites Now How 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
From NEW! We’re all Climate Hypocrites Now From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now View New Society Publishers	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
From NEW! What Difference Does It Make? From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now View New Society Publishers	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
From NEW! What Do We Need to Do? From: Runaway Climate View New Society Publishers	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
From What Is Capitalism? From: Ecology for the 99% View Between The Lines	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