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Code Grey: A Cautionary Tale of Renewable Extraction
From: Hot Mess
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In this chapter, Wiebe examines the ecological and social costs beneath the clean-energy transition, discussing the extractive harm from cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo, nickel operations in New Caledonia, and the Ring of Fire in Northern Ontario.
Contributors
Sarah Marie Wiebe
Sarah Marie Wiebe grew up on Coast Salish territory in British Columbia, BC. She is an assistant professor in the School of Public Administration at the University of Victoria and an adjunct professor at the University of Hawai'i, Mānoa with a focus on community development and environmental sustainability. She is a co-founder of the FERN Collaborative (Feminist Environmental Research Network) and author of Life against States of Emergency: Revitalizing Treaty Relations from Attawapiskat. Her book Everyday Exposure: Indigenous Mobilization and Environmental Justice in Canada's Chemical Valley won the Charles Taylor Book Award and examines policy responses to the impact of pollution on the Aamjiwnaang First Nation's environmental health. She is a co-editor of Biopolitical Disaster and Creating Spaces of Engagement. Her teaching and research interests emphasize political ecology, policy justice and deliberative dialogue. As a collaborative researcher and community filmmaker, she incorporates mixed media storytelling into her sustainability-focused research and teaching.
