Kivalina : a climate change story / Christine Shearer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shearer, Christine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climate change mitigation.

Government policy.

Climatic changes--Economic aspects.

Kivalina (Alaska)--Economic conditions.

Kivalina (Alaska).

Inupiat--Relocation--Alaska--Kivalina.

Inupiat.

Alaska.

Alaska--Kivalina.

Climatic changes--Economic aspects--Alaska--Kivalina.

Climatic changes.

Environmental justice--Alaska--Kivalina.

Environmental justice.

Climate change mitigation--Government policy--United States.

United States.

Physical Description:

vii, 199 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : Haymarket Books ; [St. Paul, Minn.] : Distributed to the trade by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, 2011.

Summary:

A journalist and academic specializing in the social impact of science, Shearer examines the law suit filed by the tiny Alaska Native village of Kivalina against 24 fossil fuel companies in February 2008 for contributing to the village's erosion through large greenhouse gas emissions, and for creating a false debate around climate change. She discusses blueprint for denial, shaping legality, fossil fuels and US power, global what?, the human face of global warming, and relocation in a neoliberal state. She has not indexed her work. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The science of persuasion.

Blueprint for denial

Shaping legality

The industrial revolution and climate change.

Fossilized fuels and U.S. power

Global what?

Kivalina.

The human face of global warming

Relocation in a neoliberal state.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781608461288

1608461289

OCLC:

669754970