Petro-Capitalism and the Tar Sands

Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism

From: A Line in the Tar Sands

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In Chapter 1 Angela Carter uses petro-capitalism as a lens to capture the scale and complexity of the tar sands industry, focusing on our economic, political, and environmental costs of fossil fuel dependence.

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Angela V. Carter

Angela V. Carter is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo. Her research focuses on comparative environmental regulatory and policy regimes surrounding oil developments in key oil-dependent Canadian and American cases.