A line in the tar sands : struggles for environmental justice / edited by Toban Black [and three others] ; foreword by Naomi Klein and Bill McKibben.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klein, Naomi, 1970- author of introduction, etc.

McKibben, Bill, author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Black, Toban, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental justice--Canada.

Environmental justice.

Oil sands--Environmental aspects--Alberta.

Oil sands.

Oil sands industry--Environmental aspects--Alberta.

Oil sands industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ontario, Canada ; Oakland, California : PM : BTL, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The fight over the tar sands in North America is among the epic environmental and social justice battles of our time, and one of the first that has managed to marry quite explicitly concern for frontline communities and immediate local hazards with fear for the future of the entire planet. Tar sands "development" comes with an enormous environmental and human cost. But tar sands opponents-fighting a powerful international industry-are likened to terrorists; government environmental scientists are muzzled; and public hearings are concealed and rushed. Yet, despite the formidable political and e

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword - Naomi Klein and Bill McKibben; Introduction: Drawing a Line in the Tar Sands - Tony Weis, Toban Black, Stephen D'arcy, and Joshua Kahn Russell; Part I: Tar Sands Expansionism; 1. Petro-Capitalism and the Tar Sands - Angela V. Carter; 2. Assembling Consent in Alberta: Hegemony and the Tar Sands - Randolph Haluza-Delay; 3. The Rise of Reactionary Environmentalism in the Tar Sands - Ryan Katz-Rosene; 4. Canadian Diplomatic Efforts to Sell the Tar Sands - Yves Engler

5. The Environmental NGO Industry and Frontline Communities - Dave Vasey6. Canada's Eastward Pipelines: A Corporate Export Swindle, Confronted by Cross-Country Resistance - Martin Lukacs; 7. Migrant Justice and the Tar Sands Industry - Interview With Harsha Walia by Joshua Kahn Russell; 8. Responding to Chinese Investments in the Tar Sands - Harjap Grewal; 9. New Beginnings: Tar Sands Prospecting Abroad - Macdonald Stainsby; Part II: Communities and Resistance; 10. Awaiting Justice: The Ceaseless Struggle of the Lubicon Cree - Melina Laboucan-Massimo

11. Kihci Pikiskwewin-Speaking the Truth - Crystal Lameman12. The Tar Sands Healing Walk - Jesse Cardinal; 13. Petro-Chemical Legacies and Tar Sands Frontiers: Chemical Valley versus Environmental Justice - Toban Black; 14. Beyond Token Recognition: The Growing Movement against the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project - Tyler Mccreary; 15. Culture Works - Christine Leclerc and Rex Weyler; 16. Lessons from Direct Action at the White House to Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline - Joshua Kahn Russell, Linda Capato, MATT Leonard, and Rae Breaux

17. Gulf Coast Resistance and the Southern Leg of the Keystone XL Pipeline - Cherri Foytlin, Yudith Nieto, Kerry Lemon, and Will Wooten18. The Enbridge Pipeline Disaster and Accidental Activism along the Kalamazoo River - Sonia Grant; 19. Getting Europe Out of the Tar Sands: The Rise of the UK Tar Sands Network - Jess Worth; 20. Labour Faces Keystone XL and Climate Change - Jeremy Brecher and the Labor Network For Sustainability; Part III: Future Prospects; 21. Ending the Age of Fossil Fuels and Building an Economics for the Seventh Generation - Winona Laduke

22. The Rise of the Native Rights-Based Strategic Framework: Our Last Best Hope to Save Our Water, Air, and Earth - Clayton Thomas-Muller23. Pipelines and Resistance across Turtle Island - Sâkihitowin Awâsis; 24. What Does It Mean to Be a Movement? A Proposal for a Coherent, Powerful, Indigenous-Led Movement - Emily Coats; 25. Expanding the Fossil Fuel Resistance - Bill Mckibben; 26. Secondary Targeting: A Strategic Approach to Tar Sands Resistance - Stephen D'arcy; 27. From the Tar Sands to "Green Jobs"? Work and Ecological Justice - Greg Albo and Lilian Yap

28. Tar Sands, Extreme Energy, and the Future of the Climate Movement - Brian Tokar

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 30, 2014).

ISBN:

9781629630779

1629630772