Environmental Policy

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Horizons of Solidarity
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Horizons of Solidarity

The Regina Refinery Pension Lockout

From: Unjust Transition

Chapter Two describes the fallout of the 2019-2020 lockout of Unifor Local 594 members at the Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina, Canada, which the authors argue resulted in a major defeat for the union. ; ; 24 $2.40 Add
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How "Green" Lost Its Groove
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How "Green" Lost Its Groove

From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now

In this chapter, Grover details the ways in which an over-focus on purity is impeding the environmental movement, and reveals a lack of faith in collective action. 12 $1.20 Add
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Human Nature or Human Ignorance?

Human Nature or Human Ignorance?

From: The Memory We Could Be

The story of climate change is one of the rise to dominance of a particular human relationship with nature, defined by callousness. Today we are blinded by that relationship, locked in its logic … 37 $3.70 Add
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Science and Indigenous Knowledge as the Evidentiary Basis for Impact Assessment
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Science and Indigenous Knowledge as the Evidentiary Basis for Impact Assessment

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

This chapter considers the Impact Assessment Act’s (IAA) approach to science and Indigenous knowledge by setting out the roles that science and Indigenous knowledge play in establishing the … 25 $2.50 Add
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Hyper-National Organizations

Hyper-National Organizations

From: The Great Greenwashing

From The Great Greenwashing: How Brands, Governments, and Influencers Are Lying to You 22 $2.20 Add
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Ideology
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Ideology

PART 1: Essential Groundwork

From: Worlds at Stake

Chapter 2 examines  how ideology affects how we process and attempt to tackle the climate crisis. 16 $1.60 Add
I'm Right and You're an Idiot

I’m Right and You’re an Idiot

The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean it Up

The most pressing environmental problem we face today is not climate change. It is pollution in the public square, where a smog of adversarial rhetoric, propaganda and polarization stifles … 275 View
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Transparency and Accountability in Decision Making
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Transparency and Accountability in Decision Making

Does the Impact Assessment Act Support Credible Decision Making?

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

This chapter considers the central decision points the Assessment Act (IAA) determines the extent to which the Act codifies mechanisms to provide for transparency and accountability in decisions. … 31 $3.10 Add
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In the Beginning

In the Beginning

From: Overrun

In this chapter, the author explores the history of the Asian carp in North America beginning with its introduction in the mid 20th century. The chapter explores aquaculture in the Mississippi … 33 $3.30 Add
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Indigenous Leadership

Indigenous Leadership

From: A Good War

In Chapter 9, Klein explores the leadership and initiative coming from Indigenous communities across Canada to fight for climate action. Klein focuses the chapter through highlight the work of … 28 $2.80 Add
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Industry Captures the Oil Sands

Industry Captures the Oil Sands

From: Oi's Deep State

Former Alberta opposition leader Kevin Taft examines the Oil Industry’s capture of the oil sands in Alberta as a way to boost the economic interests of the province. 15 $1.50 Add
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Inside job
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Inside job

From: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma

Kopecki profiles NDP MLA Heather McPherson, whose party held the balance of power in the 2020 Canadian Liberal minority government, and describes Alberta’s relationship to its oil … 30 $3.00 Add
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Sustainability-Based Decision Making
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Sustainability-Based Decision Making

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

This chapter looks more closely at the role of sustainability considerations in decision making under the Impact Assessment Act (IAA). 25 $2.50 Add
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Purpose, Need, and Alternatives Through the Lens of Sustainability and the Public Interest
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Purpose, Need, and Alternatives Through the Lens of Sustainability and the Public Interest

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

This chapter focuses on four key Section 22 factors that inform IA processes for projects within federal jurisdiction that are designated for assessment under the Act: the purpose of the project, … 24 $2.40 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

Peak Everything

From: Peak Everything

This book is not an introduction to the subject of Peak Oil. Instead it addresses the social and historical context in which Peak Oil is occurring, and explores how we can reorganize our thinking … 29 $2.90 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

From: Getting to Zero

Identifies how the 2016 wildfires in Fort McMurray should cause Canada to confront climate change. Discusses how oil sand production has increased and why this needs to change for Canada to … 7 $0.70 Add